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Burntcoat Head Park, Nova Scotia. World-Record Tide

01 Burntcoat Head Provincial Park

The highest tides in the world occur in Canada’s Bay of Fundy, which separates New Brunswick from Nova Scotia.  Twice each day the Bay of Fundy fills and empties about 160 billion tons of water.  In 1975 The Guinness Book of World Records listed Burntcoat Head Park in Nova Scotia as the site of the greatest average tide of 47.5 feet. with an extreme range of 53.6 feet.  That’s about as tall as a four story building!

When I visited Nova Scotia last fall, one of the top things on my “to do” list was to see the sight of this great tidal surge.  Ideally you want to be there at both low and high tide to see …

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