Watch a short video clip and read about it here:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/04/14/nb-bay-of-fundy-natural-wonders-tourism-227.html
A worldwide contest is underway to choose 7 new wonders, and the Bay of Fundy is Canada's lone entry (with stiff competition from 27 other finalists, including the Grand Canyon, Amazon Rainforest and Ireland's Cliffs of Moher).
Fundy Bay is not likely to make the final seven, but for those of us familiar with it, Fundy is spectacular for its 15-metre tides (among the highest in the world), wildlife and scenic shoreline.
If you live (or have lived) in Nova Scotia or New Brunswick, you realize, if you think about it, that it dominates our geography and tourism. Both the Reversing Falls and Tidal Bore are the result of high tides overwhelming the mouths of the Saint John River and Petitcodiac River.
Wikipedia reports: "When the tidal bore approaches [on the Shubenacadie River], completely drained riverbeds are filled. It has claimed the lives of several tourists who were in the riverbeds when the bore came in." ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_bore )
And if you've lived on Grand Manan Island (which is worth a whole week of future blog posts), you're surrounded by the Bay, and need no convincing that life on the Island is dominated by the Bay that surrounds it.
You can vote for the Bay of Fundy in this worldwide contest at http://www.new7wonders.com/ .
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