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batory
08-14-2004, 09:01 AM
Local ferry Deer Island New Brunswick Bay of Fundy

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid134/p927242e945a8cb8f61c0cfeba4e4fdf1/f7706a54.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid134/pcb57d2bde2a19b914b8df9605f3acbb0/f7706a53.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid134/pc779566dfe6e998bf7ca61af09269ea8/f7706a52.jpg
nedL
08-16-2004, 11:51 AM
Looks like nothing a few hours won't cure. ;)
mmd
08-16-2004, 12:08 PM
Looks like it's been a while since her last bottom maintenance - maybe the pilot was just trying to scrape her belly a bit on the ledge. ;)
John of Phoenix
08-16-2004, 12:31 PM
What's the tidal range there? If memory serves, it's normally some 30 feet at Digby and can be as much as 50 feet sometimes. Amazing.

Wonderful scallops there too!!
mmd
08-16-2004, 02:08 PM
John, that ferry runs a route very near the USA/Canada border at the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, where tides are a paltry 12-15 feet. At the top end of the bay around Parrsboro and Truro tides are regularly 45 feet, and occasionally 8 to 10 feet more.

Low tide at Cape Blomidon:

http://www.scottwalking.com/images03/tide1.jpg

High tide, same place:

http://www.scottwalking.com/images03/tide2.jpg