Hopewell Rocks and Cape Enrage Provincial Parks

Just a short dive outside of Fundy National Park is Hopewell Rocks Provincial Park. This park shows off unique geological sea stacks caused by tidal erosion. During low tide, which was at 8:24 this day, you have the ability to walk the ocean floor. By 2:14 this day, it would be high tide and a difference of 45 feet of water.

There is a small fee to visit this park, then about a 15 min walk down to the staircase that leads you to the ocean floor. This was our first view from the staircase. Note: we did not bring the pups on this day trip, we just knew they would be a muddy, fishy smelling, mess. lol

From the bottom of the staircase we walked the 1.2 miles of Hopewell Cove. These magnificent rocks stand 40 to 70 feet tall and are covered or half covered with water during high tide.

A park ranger told us that because of the slop of the shoreline by the time the water hits the bottom of these rocks it has already risen 28 feet, it will fill the arch at high tide for a total of 40-47 feet depending on the strength of the tide.

Here you can see the darker rock at the bottom, that is where the water line comes to during high tide.

Peregrine Falcons. This was a family of a nesting pair and 3 babies. We learned from a park ranger that the babies just started flying 4 days ago.

This was as far as we could walk. If you overstay your welcome and get caught at high tide they do have a rescue platform.

This is a great rock to see the height change of high tide.
The top of the green moss is the height of hide tide.

We spent about 2 hrs exploring the rocks, which was an amazing experience. From here we drove down the coast and stopped at some points of interest along the way.

Mary's Point

Mary's Point and Shepody Bay are National Wildlife Areas. These protected lands are made up of mudflats and wetlands. It was also a beautiful place to stop and have a picnic lunch!

Ha Ha Cemetery

The name comes from the indigenous people who named the river in this area after the call the loons made. This is one of their pioneer cemeteries in the area.

Cape Enrage

Cape Enrage is at the tip of the Barn Marsh Island close to the entrance of Fundy National Park. We first stopped at Pebble Beach, which is part of the cape, and then the Cape Enrage Light House. We finished our visit at the Barn Marsh Beach.