Nova Scotia- world’s largest tides & humpback whales, August 19-26, 2018

Since Melissa & I had been so involved with tides and tidal currents during our cruising of the Atlantic coastline, we had this keen desire to go where the tides were simply “out-of-this-world”- like 55 feet of tide.  We flew to Halifax, Nova Scotia to begin our adventure to see for ourselves-the super high tides in the Bay of Fundy.

As a base of operations, we used the beautiful Harbourview Inn at Smiths Cove. 

Here at Hall’s Harbour-a picturesque fishing village on the Bay of Fundy (and while lunching on a lobster)-we observed the harbour at low tide (down 38.8 feet today).

And then off to Digby Neck to catch a whale of a tail in an inflatable zodiac outboard boat.

The waters at the mouth of the Bay of Fundy from the ledges off Brier Island right up the Digby Neck are important feeding areas for many species of whales, dolphins, and porpoises.  Such as this nice humpback whale just off our bow.  (Melissa took this great picture!)

And for a bit of history, visiting the Grand Pre-a powerful monument relating to the tragic story of the Acadian people.  In 1775, the British Governor of Nova Scotia forcibly deported about 6000 Acadians (colonists from New France).   Many of these people fled to Louisiana and became known as the Cajuns!