Explore the Area
Fundy Shore and Annapolis Valley
Discovering GreatWhales, FineWines and the Highest Tides
Along the awesome Fundy shoreline and over the fields of the Annapolis Valley, there lies awholeworld of adventure incorporating everything fromfood andwine extravaganzas to living history to extreme backcountry camping. Annapolis Valley dykelands, orchards, and vineyards rolling across acre after picture-perfect acre to the shores of theMinas Basin and Bay of Fundy have inspired everyone fromthe poets of the past to some of today's finest chefs and vintners. You'll understand the lure as you tour charming Victorian towns and explore overflowing farmmarkets and the incomparable scenery. You’re going tomake some exceptionally cool discoveries, too. Like the pumpkin patch of the late Howard Dill, the undisputed king of competitive pumpkin growingwhose garden produces orangemonsters in the 600 kg (1400 lb.) range. And all the interesting and friendly animals who live at Oaklawn FarmZoo in Aylesford. Adding to your epic vacation experience, the Fundy Shore holiday thrills start when theworld’s highest tides come rocking and rolling in the Bay of Fundy twice a day. You canwalk the ocean floor at lowtide, roaming around spectacular geological formations or looking for fossils in oceanside cliffs. Ride the rollercoasterwaves createdby the naturalphenomenon known as the Tidal Bore. The name is richwith irony,because boringit’sdefinitely not. The uniquemarine environment is aspopularwithwhales as it iswithpeople. Fifteen species of whales spendtheir summer vacation in the Bay of Fundy – sobook awhalewatchingtour andfeel your heart rate rising when awhalebreaches right alongside.History around here ismeasurednot in years or even centuries,but eras and eons.Alook at the stunningsea stacks known as the Three Sisters atCapeChignecto Provincial Park, or the footprints leftbehindby the creatures of theCoalAge in the strata of the JogginsCliffsputs our own “fast-foodage” in perspective!Check out the legends ofNova Scotia’s First People, theMi’kmaq, for an ancient interpretation of the geological andmarinewonders of the Fundy Shore. In these parts, the first settlerswho arrivedwith Samuelde Champlain andset upcampat historic Port Royal in the 1600s are consideredthe newkids on theblock.
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