Fundy Shore Ecotour

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Fundy Shore Ecotour

Route information
Maintained by Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal
Length360 km [1]  (220 mi)
Component
highways
Major junctions
West endNova Scotia Highway 104 (TCH).svg Hwy 104 (TCH) in Amherst
East endNova Scotia 14.svg Trunk 14 in Brooklyn
Location
Country Canada
Province Nova Scotia
Counties Hants, Colchester, Cumberland
Highway system

The Fundy Shore Ecotour is a former scenic drive and network of tourist destinations in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia and encircles several sub-basins of the Bay of Fundy, which contains the highest tidal range on the planet. [2]

Contents

The Fundy Shore Ecotour ran from Brooklyn, Hants County in the south, to Amherst, Cumberland County near the inter-provincial boundary with New Brunswick in the north. It followed the shores of Chignecto Bay, Minas Basin, and Cobequid Bay and overlaps with and extends the Glooscap Trail in many places.

Some remnant signage of the Fundy Shore Ecotour still remain, but the route has been largely replaced by the Glooscap Trail and Fundy Shore Scenic Drive. [2] [3]

Communities

Parks

Museums

Highways

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The Parrsboro Shore is an area of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia consisting of the shoreline communities west of the town of Parrsboro. The Parrsboro Shore is generally defined as stretching along the Bay of Fundy from the town of Parrsboro westward around Cape Chignecto as far as Apple River. It includes the communities of Diligent River, Fox River, Port Greville, Ward's Brook, Fraserville, Spencer's Island, Advocate, the ghost town of Eatonville. Linked by Nova Scotia's Route 209, the communities form part of the Fundy Shore Ecotour.

The Fundy Shore Scenic Drive is a scenic drive in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It located along the northeastern portion of the Bay of Fundy, following the Chignecto Peninsula which separates Chignecto Bay and Minas Basin, an area which contains the highest tidal range on the planet.

References

  1. ↑ Google (September 5, 2020). "Fundy Shore Ecotour" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  2. 1 2 Carey, Susan (August 20, 2019). "Take the Self Guided Fundy Eco Tour - Hello Weekend". Hello Weekend. Archived from the original on September 5, 2020. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  3. ↑ RMA Tourism Ltd (March 2010). "Bay of Fundy Interpretation & Development Plan". pp. 3, 10. Retrieved September 5, 2020.

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