Tidal "Bore"

When the Bay of Fundy tide comes in, it flows into the Petitcodiac River. As the tide flows into the increasingly shallow and narrow confines of the river channel, a wavefront can form as the water piles up. This is called a "tidal bore". It used to be that by the time the tidal bore reached the city of Moncton, New Brunswick it would be a fairly sizeable wave. But changes in the river bottom have caused the bore to be much smaller.


But since we were in Moncton, we decided to wait for the next tidal bore. Even though it started raining, we decided to stick it out. As you can see from the picture, the event was rather anti-climatic (a real "bore").