Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Tidal Bore Rafting in Nova Scotia is No Bore
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While doing research for a Canada round-up story for the Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, I came across a unique adventure in Nova Scotia. When the tide rushes in from the Bay of Fundy, cited as having the largest tidal shift in the world, water pours into Nova Scotia’s Shubenacadie River and creates a massive surge of rapids. Often waves reach ten feet high! That’s when extreme tidal rafters take to the river and get ready for a rip-roaring 3 ½-hour wet ride. The river is located a little over an hour’s drive from Halifax.
