We toured from Truro again today. This time to Five Islands Provincial Park, and to Joggins, a small village on the northeastern shore of Chignecto Bay near the head of the Bay of Fundy. We arrived at Five Islands at around 10:30 a.m.; the tide was completely out exposing more than a mile of tidal flats. We noticed quite a few people out on the flats, clamming. Then we noticed a long line of people in the distance, moving across the flats like ants to the first of the five islands. It looked like hundreds of people. What could they possibly be doing? We could NOT figure it out. A gentleman in the parking lot enlightened us: it was the third annual "Not Since Moses" 5 and 10 K walk and run, held on the day of lowest tide. More than 250 runners and walkers head out to the five islands between the 15 meter tides. http://notsincemoses.com/details.html.
Joggins is noted worldwide for its fossil cliffs. Exposed in the cliffs are beds of coal laid down from 310 to 300 million years ago. Joggins played a role in the development of evolutionary thought. T.H. Huxley used fossil evidence from Joggins in the famous debate between he and the Bishop of Oxford Samuel Wilberforce at Oxford in 1860. The beach below the cliffs is littered with fossils, to be found by anyone walking there when the tide is out. We found fossilized clams, leaves, roots, a stems, waves, and more. Way cool. There is a wonderful interpretive center there with excellent exhibits and knowledgeable staff. If you ever get to Nova Scotia I highly recommend it.
We returned in time to see the Tidal Bore once again. It's a fascinating phenomenon.
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