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Terri McCulloch
"It seems that normal people don't have 100 billion tonnes of seawater passing by their kitchen windows every day like I do so I'm blogging adventure with the Bay of Fundy ~ living, tasting, and exploring life beside the highest tides on the planet!"
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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.
December 15, 2009

Church bells sound around the bay on Christmas eve

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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...
December 15, 2009

Elf shoe makers in Bay of Fundy

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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....
December 15, 2009

Santa spotting...in a Bay of Fundy spa!!

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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....
December 14, 2009

Welcoming the red guy for Christmas

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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...
December 14, 2009

Tide watching on stilts

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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...
November 28, 2009

Cranberry harvest time

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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 ...
November 22, 2009

Big Christmas tree takes a Fundy ferry trip

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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....
November 15, 2009

Walking on the ocean floor

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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...