Fundy National Park

We made it to Canada! We are staying at the Headquarters Campground in Fundy National Park. It is beautiful here! A combination of the Pacific Northwest and Acadia National Park, in Maine but with less crowds. It helps that the hot, humid weather that we had been experiencing pushed out over night and we are enjoying very cool, pleasant weather.

The park holds history of indigenous people, who didn't arrive here until the 1600s, and lumber and fishing villages that supplied timber to England, the Caribbean Islands, and New England during the 1800s. Point Wolfe village is one of those villages that no longer exists but there are remnants throughout the park. Immigrants from Scotland, Ireland, and England made the majority of the population at the time.

By the late 1800s, the lumber and sawmill industry declined and by the 1920s, the majority of the population move away to larger cities.

This area became New Brunswick's first National Park in 1948. Like many other National Parks, it was created to stimulate the economy in Alma and other communities and to preserve the areas natural beauty.

Day One

One of the best part of Canadian National Parks is that dogs are allowed on most trails in the National Parks. We were able to take Bucky and Monty with us today and they loved it!

Point Wolfe Beach

Point Wolfe River leads to the Bay of Fundy. Low tide was at 7:30A and we arrived around 9:30A. High tide will fill the river, which was at 1:24 this day.

That is seaweed on that rock because it is under water during high tide

Copper Mine Trail

The 2.7 mile loop trail takes you up through thick forest and winds back along the cliffs of The Bay of Fundy.

From the Coppermine Trail, we were able to see the point where Point Wolfe River meets The Bay of Fundy.

Point Wolfe Bridge

I took this photo from the truck on our way to the trail heads at 9:20A, note where the water is on the Point Wolfe River at this time (same river bed we walked down on our first hike.)

Below is the same river an hour before high tide. By the time we did the Coppermine Trail and ate our lunch, the tide made its way up the river.

Dickson Falls

This is the most popular falls in the park. A one mile loop takes you down a substantial set of stairs into a valley. Once down to the valley floor it felt like we were in another world. The pictures don't do it justice. You start at the end of the creek and wind your way back up stairs and boardwalks to Dickson Falls. All I could think of were descriptions from books about Scottish fairy pools or forests.

Alma, NB

One mile from our campground is the small town of Alma. This quaint town is a fishing village with a few shops and restaurants, and a unique harbor that is vastly different between high and low tide.

On our way to Alma...