The Bay of Fundy, Parrsboro, NS

 This picture is the view from our good friends Lisa and John's home in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia where we are lucky enough to have our 5th wheel parked on their land. They have 30 acres of heavily forested area that is elevated up 80 feet from the roadway. The view is simply breathtaking.

The Bay of Fundy is home to one of the most powerful tidal energy resources on the planet. The sun,
moon and the unique geological shape of the Bay of Fundy all combine to push 160 billion tonnes of water through the Bay every tide. That's four times more than the estimated combined flow of all the freshwater rivers in the world. The tides have one complete cycle every 12 hours.
FORCE (Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy) is Canada's lead test centre for tidal energy technology. FORCE collaborates with industry, government, and researchers to study the interaction between tidal turbines and the Bay of Fundy environment. FORCE's test site is in the Minas Passage area of the Bay of Fundy near Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. Research suggests up to 2500 megawatts of clean, renewable energy may be safely extracted form the Minas Passage, equal to power for nearly one million homes.

 

The picture above is at the Parrsboro Harbor in Nova Scotia at high tide, which is 45 feet or a 4 story apartment building.

The picture above is at the Parrsboro Harbor in Nova Scotia at low tide. It takes 6 hours to go from high tide to low tide. The lighthouse is 24 feet tall and the distance in the harbor is over a mile long.