Blogs from New Brunswick, Canada, North America - page 13

Hi, All -- We've had several wonderful days around the Bay of Fundy, both the New Brunswick and the Nova Scotia sides. You probably already know this, but Fundy Bay has the highest tides in the world (at least they claim . . . ), topping out at around 55 feet on a really high tide. Some of the photos below were taken at low tide and you just have to imagine the same scene with 50 plus feet of water moving in within six hours. Some of the shots are from the Fundy Scenic Drive. Part of the road opened just last year and eventually they want to build it all the way to Fundy National Park. It took us over two hours to reach this scenic road although, as the crow flies, it would ... read more

Another Canada It has been more than just a little nice to have to decipher the road signs again driving through Canada. We have had to do this many times during the last few years but, since arriving in English speaking countries, it has all changed. Surprisingly, that can be just a little boring. The nice thing about the Canadians is that they put the French up there with English right alongside – so you can sneak a peek I suppose. All good until we hit Quebec. None of your English rubbish on the signs here. All French. That put the pressure on. It has been a while since we were in France and, since then, our French has been badly polluted by Spanish, so it was a little difficult to immediately dredge up the appropriate ... read more

This is a speech performed by the great film maker and friend Velcrow Ripper. It speaks for itself: ~ Velcrow Ripper, January 29, 2011~ Opening speech at the Youth Media Summit, Saskatoon, Canada I'd like to offer you an invitation, an invocation, a wake up call. Wake up! It's time to come to our senses, and wake up! (Zen hand clap) Listen - can you hear the alarm bells ringing? Can you hear the cries of Mother Earth? Can you smell the stench of an industrial growth addicted civilization rotting from the inside out? Look - have you noticed the species going extinct minute by minute, the birds falling out of the air, the disappearing bees, the melting glaciers, the rising seas, the expanding deserts, the suffering skyrocketing out of control, the wars that never end, ... read more

It has been almost a weeks since we arrived back home in Wuhan and two weeks since we started the journey back from Sackville, New Brunswick. Guess it's about time to finish off my travel blogging for this last summer trip! The last week in July found us heading back along the southern Gaspe coast by bus from New Carlisle to Pointe-a-la-Croix at the Quebec-New Brunswick border. The scenic coast is an anomaly in the province of Quebec, with English speaking towns interspersed along the way. The names give it away; New Richmond, Carleton, Chandler, Hope, etc. Although French is definitely the dominant culture, there is no shortage of English families that stretch back for several generations, starting with the arrival of Channel Island immigrants in the 1750s. Although a beautiful area in the summer, I ... read more

Hi folks and welcome to a visit to "The Rocks" at Hopewell Cape not far from Fundy National Park ....it has likely been twenty years since we last visited this beautiful spot on the Bay of Fundy ...and...WOW what a surprise . In the past we would drive up and park and head to the observation area and if the tide was out we would scamper down the stairs to the water's edge and frolic in and about the rocks. Well much has changed ...three large parking areas and and a gate where we had to pay to play amongst the "Rocks" and then we came face to face with a huge gift shop and restaurant ............and who can resist the aroma of freshly cooked bacon and eggs.(not Roger & Lorieta)...so after a hearty breakfast and ... read more