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The
Shubie River from space
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NAVIGATION
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Closer
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Click on the photo to zoom out on mainland Nova Scotia and read more surprising facts about the power of the tides of Fundy! The greatest difference between high and low tide ever recorded was at Burntcoat Head, Nova Scotia, in the Bay of Fundy's Minas Basin. On 8 February 1997, at Burntcoat Head, between the high tide at 2:07 pm and the low at 8:29 pm, the tidal range was 16.65 metres (54 feet 7 inches)! Around 5 pm the tide was falling at the rate of one foot every four minutes. Earlier that day, around 11 am, the tide was rising at the rate of a foot every four minutes. This extreme tidal range occurred because the Moon was about as close to the Earth as it ever gets — the Moon was at perigee at 5 pm on 7 February with a Moon to Earth distance of 356,847 km, the shortest distance of any perigee during 1997. At the same time, the Earth to Sun distance was close to a minimum, with the Earth having passed perihelion on 1 January. Similar tidal ranges occurred in 1998, on 28 February, 1 March, and 30 March. |
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