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Race Against the Tide is a Canadian television reality series, which premiered September 9, 2021 on CBC Television. [1] Hosted by Shaun Majumder in season 1 and Maestro Fresh Wes in seasons 2 and 3, the series features ten teams of artists competing to produce sand sculptures in the Bay of Fundy before the tide rises to destroy their creations.
The Bay of Fundy (French: Baie de Fundy) is a bay between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with a small portion touching the U.S. state of Maine. It is an arm of the Gulf of Maine. Its tidal range is the highest in the world. [1] The name is probably a corruption of the French word fendu, meaning 'split'. [2]
Saint John Harbour, where the two rivers meet the Bay of Fundy, is a deep water port and ice-free all year long. Partridge Island is in the harbour. The city land area is 315.96 km 2 (121.99 sq mi), and the metropolitan area covers 3,509.62 km 2 (1,355.07 sq mi).
Tide (Irish: Taoide; Scottish Gaelic: An Làn; Welsh: Llanw) is an Irish/Scottish/Welsh documentary TV series about the tide, the seas and human action on both. [2] [3] [4] [5]
The decision to build the facility was partly prompted by the promise of federal funding for this alternative energy project, and the existence of a rock-filled causeway which had been built on the Annapolis River in 1960 by the Maritime Marshlands Reclamation Authority to block the Bay of Fundy tides from entering the river to replace the ...
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Bay Ferries operates the ferry service across the Bay of Fundy between Saint John, New Brunswick, and Digby, Nova Scotia, using the vessel MV Fundy Rose.. This ferry service is a continuation of steamship service dating to the 19th century, expanded upon by the Dominion Atlantic Railway in the early 20th century and subsequently the Canadian Pacific (CP).
The Reversing Falls are a series of rapids on the Saint John River, located in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, where the river runs through a narrow gorge before emptying into the Bay of Fundy. The semidiurnal tides of the bay force the flow of water to reverse against the prevailing current when the tide is high.