Digby, Nova Scotia

Today we took the ferry from Saint John, New Brunswick (A) across the Bay of Fundy to Digby, Nova Scotia (B) and then drove to Wolfville (C).

It was about a three hour ferry ride. Our ferry was the MV Fundy Rose, named for Rose Fortune. Below is the ferry while docked in Digby after we got off:

Digby is an active fishing town. The second photo below shows a fishing boat being loaded with ice.

Since the 1920s Digby has been known for the “Digby Scallop.” Below is a scallop fishing boat with nets that will be dragged through scallop beds on the floor of the Bay of Fundy:

The clock below is both a conventional clock and a tide clock. The tide clock has one hand which moves in the usual clockwise direction. The 12 o'clock position is high tide and the 6 o'clock position is low tide. The clock below says that the tide is going out, and it is just over 4 hours to low tide:

Tides in Digby are typically about 25 feet and can exceed 30 feet. Later on our trip we'll see even higher tides elsewhere on the Bay of Fundy.