Day one, we took off from Narrows Too in Bar Harbor and drove to St. Edwards by the Sea and pulled into the Kiwanis Oceanside Campground.
This is a beautiful campground outside a charming little town on the Bay of Fundy.
The Bay of Fundy is known for the most extreme tides in the world – and we could see it with the large rock and mud flats that flooded twice a day.
St. Edwards is a coastal resort town that has tried very hard to maintain it’s historic downtown. It was apparently settled by Loyalists to the King after the American war for Independence.
It is also on the Bay of Fundy and thus experiences the most significant tides in the world. We walked out with Ginger onto the sea bottom during low tide – keeping an escape path in mind.
On day two we visited the Van Horn house on Ministers Island. Van Horn was a Canadian Railroad Baron and built an large complex on an island in the Bay of Fundy. The house was acquired by the province of New Brunswick and opened to the public. One of the most interesting feature was the natural pool that was filled and drained daily by the Bay of Fundy.
Day 3 was spent on a guided bus tour of St Edwards. There we learned of the St Edwards relationship with it’s nearby American neighbors during the war of 1812. While there were cannons pointed at the American, I don’t think any were ever fired in anger. St Edwards even lent a barrel of gunpowder to the Americans for a Fourth of July Celebration. The gunpowder was happily returned 200 years later for celebration in St. Edwards.
We ended day 3 in Kingsbury Garden in St. Edwards. This is the second largest garden, behind the famous Buchard Garden in British Columbia. The flowers were quite nice and the art work impressive.
Our time in St Edwards was too short and we’ve marked it for a return visit.