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Experience Fundy Tides and Explore Albert County

27/7/2021

By Janet Wallace
While walking on a sandy beach, you pause and look up at the sea cliffs. Seaweed, still glistening with seawater, hangs from the rocky outcrops far above your head. Welcome to the Bay of Fundy!

You read the stats about the greatest tides in the world, but it’s hard to fully appreciate what the numbers mean until you are on the shores of the Bay of the Fundy. You can walk on the ocean floor and just six hours later, kayak over the same spot, your footsteps covered by up to 15 m (50 feet) of cold seawater.

Birds of Fundy

27/12/2019

Fundy National Park published the Twelve Birds of Christmas in December. We are reprinting these in Connecting Albert County with permission.
Text by Julie Ouellette, pictures by Denis Doucet, both of Fundy National Park

Spring has sprung in Fundy National Park

16/5/2019

Join us as we open campgrounds and many trails for the season this Victoria Day long weekend. Are you excited to celebrate spring by getting outdoors? Memories await you at Parks Canada's places from coast to coast to coast!

The Fundy Pollinator Trail

16/5/2019

Text and images by Kat Hallett

Pollinators – including bees, wasps, flies, beetles, butterflies and moths – are vital to maintaining healthy ecosystems. Small but mighty, they are responsible for fertilizing a huge percentage of plants, helping them form seeds that eventually blossom into new plants. Without pollinators, the next generation of plants – and the foundation of any ecosystem or food chain – would be in jeopardy. Sadly, significant declines in pollinator numbers are being observed across Canada and globally.

In Fundy National Park (FNP), biologists are taking action and engaging in efforts to recover a number of at-risk pollinator species, including the iconic monarch butterfly and the yellow-banded bumblebee. By planting an approximately 3,200-ft2 pollinator garden on the Headquarters Bluff, the garden will increase the amount of habitat available to pollinators in the park, providing a continuous supply of nectar and pollen to native pollinator species throughout the season and as they migrate. Park staff will monitor the presence of pollinator species in the park and which types of plants they favour. This will enable staff to help make better decisions to support at-risk pollinator species.

Spring in Fundy National Park

8/5/2019

By Kat Hallett

One of the most welcome aspects of spring is all the extra daylight for spending time outside and in nature. What better place to take advantage of those extra daylight hours than a national park?

A park of rivers, Fundy is a great place to feel the power of nature as the Point Wolfe and Upper Salmon rivers race to meet the Bay. Springtime rivers have much higher water levels and flow much faster than usual, so make sure to practice caution as you explore. Higher water levels make waterfalls even more spectacular than usual this time of year. Add Dickson Falls to your May bucket list!

Winter Wildlife in Fundy National Park

22/2/2019

While some critters hunker down and hibernate for the winter, there are plenty of animals that stay active and brave our cold and snowy New Brunswick winters. With snow blanketing the ground, winter is the perfect time to learn how to track wildlife. The snow lets us easily see what types of animals are present, even when we don’t see the animals themselves.
“One of my favourite things about winter is being able to tell who’s been where and what they’ve been up to!” says Neil Vinson, Resource Management Officer at Fundy National Park (FNP).

Go Glamping in Albert County

5/9/2018

Inside one of Broadleaf's glamping cabins. Image by Alison Elias

By Alison Elias

I have a few, very fond and distinct memories of my summers as a child. Some of the clearest are of camping alone in my backyard. I would set up my pup tent under a tree in a corner, facing away from the house (to further the illusion that I was in some exotic and wild location) or my father would, after some convincing, open up the Coleman camper that we took on family vacations and I would drag in books, blankets, toys, games and snacks from the house. I stayed out there for days sometimes. When I got hungry, I went in the house for meals. When I needed company, it was only a few steps away. When I needed the facilities, there they were. All the convenience of living at home but I had my own private, secluded and cozy place far away from the hustle and the bustle of my everyday 10-year-old life.
Flash forward 35 years and I realize that what I was doing now has a name. I may have actually invented “Glamping.” This trendy new accommodation and vacation experience, a mashup of glamour and camping, meets all the needs of experienced outdoor vacationers but leaves no convenience forgotten. It’s a catchy name for a suddenly stylish activity that has no official rules. The claim to the true history of Glamping is, in fact, still up for grabs. One wonders who coined the phrase first and marvels at the fact that we aren’t going Famping (fancy+camping) or Corting (fort+camping). Despite its murky origins, Glamping’s present day popularity is clear and undeniable.

Christmas Bird Count 2017

6/12/2017

Parks Canada, in collaboration with the Fundy Guild and Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Canadian Wildlife Service, is hosting its 53rd Annual Christmas Bird Count on Friday, December 15th in Fundy National Park.

Protecting the Shoreline of Alma Beach

29/11/2017

The Government of Canada is pleased to announce $8.2M in funding to protect the shoreline along Highway 114. To enhance the experience of visitors, a new, longer boardwalk will be built near the southeast entrance of Fundy National Park. The section of Highway 114 along the Alma Beach area has seen frequent and repeated damage due to wave action and erosion during storm events which is attributed to a rise in sea levels due to climate change. The investment will fund important work to prevent further shoreline erosion and protect the important traffic corridor between Alma and Fundy National Park.

Inner Bay of Fundy Atlantic Salmon Protection

15/9/2017

Law Enforcement Agencies Partner for Protection of
Inner Bay of Fundy Atlantic Salmon

ALMA, NEW BRUNSWICK, September 14, 2017 – Parks Canada would like to remind the public that inner Bay of Fundy (iBoF) Atlantic salmon are an endangered species and are legally protected under Canada’s Species at Risk Act. It is illegal to kill, harm, harass, capture, or take an Atlantic salmon of the iBoF population.

Explore Albert County Contest

5/6/2016

Connecting Albert County wanted to make it easier for you to get out and explore Albert County's beauty this summer so we have teamed up with some amazing sponsors to bring you this contest. Sign up here for your chance to win one of 3 amazing gift packages to help you explore in Albert County this summer. If you have already signed up for our e-newsletter, your name will automatically go into the draw. Deadline for sign-up is June 15th.

Each package contains gift certificates and passes to help you discover the beauty of Albert County. Winners may receive passes to Fundy National Park, Hopewell Rocks, Cape Enrage & the Albert County Museum, and/or gift certificates for Alter Girl Collections, Broadleaf Guest Ranch, Parkland Village Inn, Collins Lobster, Crooked Creek Convenience Store, and Wake Up to the Beauty of Albert County Coffee from Little Ridge Bakeshop.

Connecting Albert County would like to thank our sponsors of this event and we would like to encourage you to shop local when you can.

50th Annual Christmas Bird Count at Fundy National Park

14/12/2015

Fundy National Park, in collaboration with the Fundy Guild, is hosting its 50th Annual Christmas Bird Count. On December 18th, birding enthusiasts of all ages are invited to celebrate this golden anniversary through “learn to bird” activities, lunch, and of course, a 50th anniversary cake.