Each year our family feasts and dances with about 200 other kilted Bay of Fundy Scottish descendants (ages 2 to 90!) at the annual Burns Night dinner and ceilidh (dance)....
Watch celebrity Chef Lynn Crawford discover the world's best lobster (in Bay of Fundy, of course) on her new series, "Pitchin' In". Her first episode was filmed here on Brier Island, Nova Scotia.
Bay of Fundy towns and villages are home to many beautiful stone & wood churches. On Sundays (and on Christmas eve, for sure) church bells still ring from church towers here and all around the Bay: a tradition that still...
Believe it or not, there is a small company of cobblers in rural Bay of Fundy who make specialty shoes for film and theatre. Think: faerie shoes, Shrek boots, elf slippers....
Thanks to some quick thinking by friends at the Old Orchard Inn, the real Santa was spotted relaxing this week at their Eau Spa near Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Well, I suppose even Mr C needs a little....
Christmas is the only time of year when it's lobster season everywhere around the bay. a happy synergy puts us all within reach of a poultry-free Christmas dinner...
One of my favourite little corners of the Bay of Fundy universe is the village of Bear River, near Digby, Nova Scotia. Bear River is located on a tidal river about 6 km from the open Bay of Fundy. High tide nests the village's main street building in a kinda of 'floating' way atop the river; low tide reveals intriguing sets of stilts supporting...
Starting in June, we've got a series of fresh local berries to enjoy: strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, and finally cranberries. In 'top secret' locations all around our bay, local folk still dry pick cranberries by hand or with a scoop. This week, while touring Bay of Fundy, I came upon these fellas harvesting cranberries ...
Nova Scotia has some interesting Christmas traditions - one of the oldest of which is the annual sending of one of its most grandiose trees to Boston, Massachusetts....
Here on Bay of Fundy we're daily afforded a rare opportunity of nature: the ability to walk on the ocean floor while the tide is out. The sub-surface terrain here can be...