2009 East Coast Scooter Trip

Bay of Fundy

One of our objectives was to see the "tidal bore" on the Salmon River at Truro Nova Scotia.

A "bore" forms when water from incoming tides is funneled from a wide bay into a narrower tidal river channel. The water rushes in with such force that it goes against the current and forms a wave or tidal bore that travels backwards. The bore sweeps in, covering hundreds of feet in minutes.

The tide elevation change that we saw in the Salmon River was about 10 feet. Tide changes in Nova Scotia can be from 10 to 30 or more feet. The time that it took for the tide to rise where we were on the Salmon River was about 20 minutes. The pictures have been grouped as indicated below. Click on any of the thumbnail pictures to see an expanded view. Use your browsers "Back Button" to return to the thumbnails or click back again to return to the text.

Time sequence of the tidal bore coming in.

Before and After pictures of the same spots in the river.

Miscellaneous pictues of low tide.