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Bunker's Island Lighthouse as seen from Fish Point at high tide. Bunker's Island is a peninsula located in Yarmouth Harbour in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia. It contains a lighthouse which is nicknamed Bug Light by the locals. In the past, it also contained Irving oil tanks and a wharf. The tanks were removed in 2017. [1] [2] [3]
Smuggler’s Cove Provincial Park (also known as "Le Fourneau") is a provincial park located in Meteghan, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada, and can be found alongside Highway 1 in the Yarmouth and Acadian Shores region. Smuggler’s Cove is known for the small cave in the cliff used for the smuggling of liquor during prohibition in the 1920s ...
At mid-tide, the currents exceed 8 knots (4-metre (13 ft) per second), and the flow in the deep, 5-kilometre (3.1 mi) -wide channel on the north side of Cape Split equals the combined flow of all the rivers and streams on Earth together (about 4-cubic-kilometre (0.96 cu mi) per hour).
The park's high southern cliffs support species of vetch and primrose with Alpine characteristics which are unique in Nova Scotia. [2] Cape Chignecto also provides shelter for Nova Scotia's endangered mainland moose herd. Tides rise and fall 12 metres along the park's coastline, producing rip currents and rapid flooding at certain points.
Starting May 19, the Canadian ferry company will offer service between Bar Harbor and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, four days a week, company officials said. Daily trips ...
Due to the high tides, the harbor can only be used for 4 to 6 hours at a time on the rising and falling tides. Situated in the bay of St. Mary's, the village experiences the majestic Bay of Fundy tides that have an amazing 28 foot range. When the tide is out, Belliveau's Cove is a popular clamming area.
Throughout the 1990s the market for ferry services in southwestern Nova Scotia was threatened by significant expansions of 4-lane expressways in northern Nova Scotia and across southern New Brunswick so it was theorized that the Yarmouth - Bar Harbor ferry service could maintain market share if the ferry voyage time was shortened. Marketed as ...
Cornwallis River near low tide Cornwallis River near high tide. The Cornwallis River is in Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada.It has a meander length of approximately 48 kilometres (30 mi) [1] through eastern Kings County, from its source on the North Mountain at Grafton [2] to its mouth near Wolfville on the Minas Basin.