New Brunswick

01 / NB

Hopewell Rocks

The world's highest tides sculpted these remarkable sandstone sea stacks on the Bay of Fundy shore — you walk on the ocean floor among their bases at low tide, then watch them become islands surrounded by 10 metres of water at high tide. No other natural attraction in Canada changes this completely every six hours.

02 / NB

Fundy National Park

The Fundy coast within the national park combines 120 kilometres of hiking trails, dramatic tidal-flat beaches, old-growth Acadian forest, and the village of Alma with its famous sticky bun bakery. The park's freshwater swimming pool at Bennett Lake is fed by highland streams. Camping in the park puts you within earshot of the tides.

03 / NB

Reversing Falls, Saint John

The Saint John River reverses its own current twice daily as the Bay of Fundy's extraordinary tide pushes back against the flow. The jet boat tours that run through the gorge at tidal transition are one of the more unusual waterborne experiences on the Atlantic coast. The adjacent Old Town of Canada's oldest incorporated city (1785) is worth exploring.

04 / NB

Kouchibouguac National Park

On the Northumberland Strait coast, Kouchibouguac (koo-shee-boo-gwak) protects a series of offshore sandbars, lagoons, and Acadian forest. The park's lagoon system is ideal for sea kayaking, the beaches are some of the warmest water beaches in Canada east of the Great Lakes, and the grey seal colony at Tern Island is viewable by boat.

05 / NB

Kings Landing Historical Settlement

A living history village recreating 19th-century New Brunswick Loyalist life along the Saint John River — costumed interpreters in period buildings demonstrate trades, cooking, and domestic life of the era. It's one of the better living history sites in eastern Canada and particularly well-suited to family visits.