Halls Harbour

Halls Harbour, Nova Scotia

One the day that Irene was to let her hurricane force winds unload on the Bay of Fundy, we decided to take a drive down to the famous Halls Harbour to watch the tide slide out. More water moves out and in every 6 hours here than all the rivers in the world empty into the ocean. Over 100 billion metric tonnes of water every cycle!

It was an amazing view from here. Just a tinnie tiny harbour where when the tide moves out the boats descend about 40 feet as the docks float to the bottom with the absence of the water.

We watched as sheets of water moved across the horizon towards us. The rain falling so thick that it obstructed any kind of view. Moving quickly, pushed by the 90km winds, the rain overcame us as we were parked down by the stone walls they built up to withstand the tidal surges. Our wipers seemed to recently have a mind of their own, only working periodically, so upon Tracey's suggestion we decided to move on.

PS... a couple of days later we met a couple visiting from Georgia. They had rented a car and were down at Halls Harbour a few hours after we were there. The winds were so strong and the waves were crashing over the retaining walls. The winds blew their hood right up on their car and they said they were lucky to get out of there and happy they were in a rental car!