A welcome state of Bore-dom
Visitors from as far away as Israel and Australia have come to witness see the tidal bore, as tourist numbers show a marked increase.
The Fundy Discovery Site recorded 2,489 visitors as of Aug. 29 and 2,271 in July of this year. Those numbers compare to 2,031 last August and 1,760 in July of 2017.
“This has probably been one of our best seasons so far,” said Brooklyn Brown, a summer student who works at the Fundy Dis- covery Site. “Cleaning up the area has really brought in a lot more tourists and having more information online about our site has really helped.”
Visitors can number as many as 20 a day from Ontario over the summer. Others are from other parts of Canada and the United States.
The Lower Truro site’s new, modern washroom facilities are now available, and a play area is under construction. Based on a natural-playground concept, the park will include wooden swing sets, slides, a log rock scramble and sandstone climbing rock. Three large rocks ill represent the Three Sisters rock formation, an attraction of the Bay of Fundy.”
What tourists from around the world come to enjoy though, is the tidal bore itself, a wonder of nature. Tourists line the Salmon River’s banks every day during the summer by the hundreds to watch the show.
The Tidal Bore tourist season typically wraps up in mid-october as the weather changes. Brown said the centre will likely remain open until then.
“It’s a pretty cool phenomenon, it doesn’t happen in a lot of other places,” said Brown.
“It’s a different way to see the tides than just the sixhour, high tide-low tide.”