The World's Highest Tides

More Kinds of Whales More Often Than Anywhere Else!

The Bay of Fundy is a pristine sanctuary for all kinds of rare, unusual and wild creatures. Immense blooms of plankton provide a vast feeding ground for up to 15 species of toothed and baleen whales - including finbacks, humpbacks, pilot whales and the rare right whale. Joining the whales are dolphins, porpoises and herds of seals and when the tides retreat, hundreds of thousands of sandpipers, plovers and shorebirds descend on the mudflats to feast.
To see the diverse plant and animal life, take a sea kayak tour or climb aboard a range of ocean-going, whale-watching vessels. (New Brunswick enforces a strict marine code of ethics to protect our whales from crowding and the hazards of marine traffic.)

Island Treasures

On Grand Manan Island , the Dulse Capital of the World, you'll be introduced to rare flora, 338 species of birds and an exquisite network of hiking and cycling trails.
Deer Island is the home of the largest tidal whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere and Campobello Island boasts an 1120-hectare (2800-acre) international park featuring the 34-room former summer home of the late U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
On the northern shore of the province, you'll find two more exquisite island jewels. Miscou Island is home to fields of fiery red peat bogs in autumn and long, undisturbed stretches of wilderness beaches. A little further north, birdwatchers will love the eight-kilometre (five-mile) Heron Island near Dalhousie. Declared an ecological sanctuary, the island attracts herons, eiders and one of the largest colonies of double-breasted cormorants in the Maritimes.

Eco-Spectacular!

Beyond the sandy beaches, windswept marshes and beach combing fun, you'll discover a few world-class coastal gems along the way - including the 12-kilometre (eight-mile) Irving Eco-Centre, La Dune de Bouctouche. This fragile finger of land jutting into the Northumberland Strait is one of the last great dunes on the northeastern coast of North America. The dune provides a sanctuary for migratory shorebirds and nesting grounds for the endangered piping plover. Cross the dune on an educational, guided tour along a two-kilometre boardwalk. When you've got 2400 kilometres (1491 miles) of breathtaking coastline, you know the adventure is going to be out of this world.

Touch the Top of the Maritimes

At 820 metres (2700 feet), Mount Carleton is the highest summit in the Maritimes. Discover this spectacular wilderness park with its sweeping vistas, extensive hiking trail system and pristine lakes.

River Splendour

Wherever you find adventure, you'll find a river runs through it! Our tremendous, Rhine-sized volumes of current will deliver you to unexplored shores, natural phenomena and incredible riverside scenery.
The St. John River stretches like a ribbon across the length of the province. Sailboats crisscross its basin. At the Grand Falls Gorge the river runs through the pulse-pounding 23-metre (76 foot) falls before plunging into the mile long rock-sided ravine. The force of the tides against the flow of the river creates one of the few places in the world where you can see a river actually reverse its flow at Reversing Falls. Watch the churning whirlpool from the limestone cliffs above or take an exhilarating jet boat ride across them!