SAINT JOHN (BAY OF FUNDY),
NEW BRUNSWICK CANADA
SAINT JOHN (BAY OF FUNDY),
NEW BRUNSWICK CANADA
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NEW BRUNSWICK CANADA
August 8: Patridge Island lighthouse welcomes us to New Brunswick Canada! Patridge Island is in the Bay of Fundy
Skyline of Saint John.
Yellow flag with ship is the New Brunswick flag. Saint John is a port ciy in New Brunswick. New Brunswick is a province of Canada. Provinces are similar-ish to states in the US.
New Brunswick the only officially bilingual province in Canda. See the stop sign in English & French. Lots of public support for LGBTQ+ community!
Yellow flag with ship is the New Brunswick flag. Saint John is a port ciy in New Brunswick. New Brunswick is a province of Canada. Provinces are similar-ish to states in the US.
New Brunswick the only officially bilingual province in Canda. See the stop sign in English & French. Lots of public support for LGBTQ+ community!
BMO shout out! (for Mr. Harrison Neuharth... he works for BMO)
BMO shout out! (for Mr. Harrison Neuharth... he works for BMO)
Pictures while on the tour bus. Nothing says Canada like McDonalds.
The New Brunswick Museum says 1784 on it. In 1776 a thing happended in down south... the influx of Loyalist to New Brunswick area led the British government to found the province of New Brunswick.
Pictures of Reversing Falls. Explaination about what the reversing falls are (I nerded out a little):
- The Reversing "Falls" are rapids formed from extreme semidiurnal tides (two high/low tides of about the same height each day). These tides are results from the Wolastoq/Saint John river & the Bay of Fundy colliding. By "extreme" tides, I mean every ~12.5 hours the Bay of Fundy has a 28 ft tidal cycle (tide goes up & down 14 ft)! As the tide of the Bay of Fundy rises, it slows the flow Wolastoq/Saint John river. When the Bay of Fundy's tide is high enough it causes the river's current to reverse!!!
- Why does this happen here and not other estuaries? (estuary is where freshwater from something such as a river meets saltwater from the ocean)... the Bay of Fundy has some of the highest tides in the world. These extreme tides are because the Bay of Fundy happens to experience tidal reasonce (i.e., the bay is shaped in such as way that waves travel in sync with the tide, amplifying the high tides). Moreover, the Wolastoq/Saint John river empties into the Bay of Fundy in a narrow gorge where the tide's effects are further amplified.
- Wolastoq is the orginial name of the Saint John river, given by the Wolastoqey Nation. Wolastoq means "the peope of beautiful and bountiful river."
Reversing Falls bridge is where the Wolastoq/Saint John river & the Bay of Fundy collid.
Picture of rapids forming towards low tide (around noon). Most powerful rapids form during high tide.
Pulp & paper factory across the river.
BIRDS!!! On the Reversing Falls. The Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum).
Place Fort La Tour:
Reconstruction of a 17th century fort originally built by French fur traders. The fort has interesting history about the wife of the Governor of Acadia taking charge to defend fort while the husband (the governor) was out traveling.
Acadians was the land in northeast North America that French settled/colonized and coexisted with Indigenous peoples.
Walking to the fort.
Looking out into the Bay of Fundy.
Saint John City Market.
Downtown & shops in Saint John.
Trinity Church in Saint John. The church's cornerstone was laid in May 1879 & was completed in 1880.
Fun facts:
A fish statue was added to the top of Trinity Church's steeple so it would be slighty taller than the surrounding church's steeples.
The wall with the large stain glass window at the end of the church needs to be repaired or else the stain glass window will eventually pop out of the window :-0
Austrulian street preformer Satya Bella. Her website says she underwent "elite training with the Beijing Acrobatic School"!
AND SO THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES!
AND SO THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES!
Tune in next for..... Halifax, Nova Scotia!
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