Parrsboro is the largest town on the Minas Basin and is home
of the world’s highest tides. Even
though it’s really a very small town it is the major tourist centre on the
Glooscap Trail with parks, museums, beaches, scenic drives and hikes.
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| Main Street, Parrsboro |
This morning we visited Ottawa House By-The-Sea Museum and
then walked the rocky beach (tide was out) to Partridge Island where we hiked
to the top of the trail to the Look-off tower with an awesome view of Cape
Split which is on the other side of the Minas Basin.
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| Partridge Island from beach |
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| view from look-out |
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| Looking down on Ottawa House and beach |
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| Golf course with a view of Partridge Island |
This afternoon we visited the town pier at high tide which we
saw last night at low tide. It is
amazing to see the difference in the tide levels. The beaches on this side of the basin are all
little rocks where agate, amethyst, fossils and minerals are yours to pick up.
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| Parrsboro Light house--tide is in |
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| Tide is out |
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| tide out |
We also visited the Fundy Geological Museum and learned
about the drifting continents, changing climates, Coal Age forests and the Dawn
of Dinosaurs. It was interesting to
identify some of the rocks, fossils and minerals of the Bay of Fundy.
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