5 Islands Provincial Park

We drove to Five Islands Provincial Park, about an hour west of Truro, Nova Scotia. We stayed at the park and I think we paid about $30 a night, senior’s rate. There were some nice sites and more private than ours, we were in a big field again but the sites were huge and we enjoyed our time there. Five Islands Provincial Park is located on the shore of the Minas Basin, which is part of the Bay of Fundy, known for the highest tides in the world. In particular, Burntcoat Head in Nova Scotia have recorded ranges of over 16 metres (53 feet). New information suggests that Leaf Basin in Nunavik, the northern most part of Quebec, may have slightly higher figures. It would be interesting to know for sure. We liked walking on the mud flats and there were a few people there clamming, while the tide was out of course !

Our campground
They had signs up telling us when the tides were going out and coming in
View to the left of where we walked down to the shore
It was a beautiful spot, view to the right
When the tides were out, a lot of people were out clamming.
Clamming people !

We also drove down to 5 Islands Lighthouse Park where there was a better view of the 5 islands.

Lighthouse
view from the shore in front of the lighthouse
5 Islands; 1 big, 2 medium and 2 small

We took a drive to Truro to get some groceries and tour the town and stopped at a cute spot for lunch, Nook and Cranny. We stopped at the Bay of Fundy Discovery Centre and learned about tidal bores and tidal waves, it’s all so interesting to me how and why bores and tidal waves occur. We also drove to Parrsboro and it was a lovely drive to get there and even lovelier when we spotted 2 Islands Brewery. We had pretty nice weather while we were in this area, usually about 15-16 Celsius and for the most part, very sunny.