Tag: Fundy Parkway

Fundy-St. Martins, NB, Canada

Our drive from Maine to New Brunswick, Canada, went smoothly. Once again, Greg chose a great campground for our visit here.

A view of the Bay of Fundy from our campsite.

After setting up, we headed out for a seafood dinner at The Caves Restaurant.

The Caves Restaurant is right on the beach just outside of St. Martins. Off to the left is a series of caves. During high tide, you can kayak into them. During low tide, you can explore them on foot.
We arrived at high tide and got to see a group of kayakers heading into the caves.

Greg had the seafood casserole, which was good. I had the breaded and fried scallops, which I did not particularly enjoy. Too much breading, small tough scallops.

Fundy Trail Parkway

The next morning, we headed off for a drive along the Bay of Fundy.

It was low tide, and we got a kick out of seeing these boats stranded in the harbor.

The entrance to the harbor at low tide.

According to Wikipedia, the Bay of Fundy has the highest tides in the world, with tidal ranges averaging about 52 feet.

One of our first stops along the Fundy Parkway was Fuller Falls.

I was more entertained by the cable staircase, though. Although I don’t know exactly how they are made, it looks like the entire thing is constructed ahead of time a la fire escape ladder and then laid down in one go. Pretty cool.

A few views from the lookout stops along the Fundy Parkway:

Yep. It’s low tide.

The Salmon River at low tide:

Looking at the mouth of Salmon River with the Bay of Fundy in the distance.

Our next stop was Long Beach, where low tide had created a deep, rock-strewn beach.

Then we headed to Walton Glen Gorge, which necessitated a fairly long hike (for two people who had gotten very little exercise in the preceding six months, anyway). I don’t know whether Greg and I are simply bad at converting kilometers to miles, but we both swear this hike was a lot longer than the signs claimed.

The first part of the hike involved walking through a pretty forest.

And when we finally arrived at the gorge, we were rather underwhelmed.

The gorge

After the gorge, we returned to St. Martins, where we stopped in at the visitor’s center to inquire about the closest grocery store.

We wandered around for a bit before grabbing our groceries and heading back to the campground.

St. Martins has at least two covered bridges. The one above is the one we crossed to get to the Fundy Parkway.
The second covered bridge