Weird Places: The Bay of Fundy

SciShow takes you on a tour of Canada’s Bay of Fundy, home of the largest tidal range in the world.
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[@liamh3226]

... Hank green just talked about the place I live like an exotic location... My life is complete.

[@Eldael136]

Same xD

[@guentherj17]

Liam H right, whenever he talks about Canada I get excited

[@Nouvellecosse]

Me toooooo!!!

[@gognoggler7326]

It is really an amazing natural phenomenon. However, living next to it, seeing it at ground level, it either looks like a giant body of water or a vast field of mud. Either way it's not super exhilarating, lol.

[@ethanmacrae9742]

Same bro

[@laurahayes8591]

The bay's enormous tides also have an interesting effect on New Brunswick's saint John river. At a place called "reversing falls", the tides are so strong they can actually cause the river to run "upstream" for a while at high tide

[@matthewwillis4892]

Lots of rivers do this the Columbia river can run backwards more than 30 miles from the ocean during the high tide flood.

[@Jygerthe2nd]

I live there. I go over the bridge overlooking it everyday I go to work. :)

[@JBond-zf4dj]

This is all around the BoF. I'm in Nova Scotia, all our rivers do this twice a day.

[@liamcoau]

I've lived on the Bay of Fundy my whole life, it's an extremely beautiful place. If you ever come through here, I really encourage you to check it out. There's also whale watching and tidal bore rafting (a tidal bore is a lone wave that occurs when the tides switch directions, it's a bit like a mini tsunami) and just checking out the beaches which are cool because you can see the effect of the extreme tides

[@ABAltyr]

I think it would have been awesome if a time lapse video of the bay showing the rising and lowering of the tide was included in this episode.

[@Channel3517]

The phenomenon is very beautiful to see in person. You can walk on the ocean floor, and a few hours later go canoeing at the exact same place. Living in NB has ups and downs. Literally.

[@Btrfan409]

I love maybe 30-40 minutes away from the Bay (and by that I mean the National Park) so I'm used to the phenomenon. But I always get a kick out of it when I hear tourists say how amazing it is because I know they've never seen something like these tides before.

[@justincrumpton7802]

We don't get many tides down here in north east Texas lol I'd love to see it lol

[@Guilmon35249vr]

Living near the Bay of Fundy is pretty neat, actually. I don't see it as weird, but the tides are always a little crazy...

[@liamh3226]

Yeah, you never look at weird things near you until some internet guy says starts talking about them.

[@Bordelll]

Went their as a kid and I was blown away. The rock formations are pretty neat as well.

[@Guilmon35249vr]

I still find new rock formations and beaches, and such as well.

[@Josefine2407]

I am from New-Brunswick, it's awesome in every way!!!!! I see the famous Chocolate River from my living room!!!!

[@XboxSkateVids]

I'm in sj, see it on my way to work every morning on the highway! :)

[@connorfloyd1995]

Pretty awesome when they talk about local phenomena :) from saint john area

[@thewuurm]

Not from the Maritimes, but just drove through there (twice) a week or so ago. Seeing the tidal mudflats at low and high tide was pretty awe-inspiring, even if time didn't allow a proper look at the bay itself.

[@joebob9094]

Now we know where to find you 0.0

[@Number-po6tw]

I do too!:)

[@mattsawchuk6935]

Shout out to my fellow Nova Scotians out there!

[@wolfewolfe222]

woot woot

[@williamgilroy788]

shout out at ya my maritime brother

[@Eldael136]

What about NB? 😧

[@williamgilroy788]

NB is part of the maritime's

[@DrDoom42]

I'm from Nova Scotia too.

[@MrInvalidArgument]

Hank, you're amazing. The kind of speech you use to convey a message should be taken as an example by teachers around the world. Kids would be smarter all around. Keep up with the good work.

[@chefkendranguyen]

I like the name "Bay of Fundy". Good episode I had no idea about the world "seiching".

[@dotcomGone]

As a Canadian I never found this weird, it's a really cool place to visit!

[@zwithers1]

OMG :D I live right on the bay, I love you guys

[@josephtunney3077]

NEW BRUNSWICK GOT MENTIONED! ... It made me smile

[@XboxSkateVids]

Same haha

[@hghggjdddjfdjzfg9795]

saint john!!!!!!

[@creamofthememe7776]

asu ra Me too!!!

[@jpt96127]

Proud to be Canadian and live near the Bay for a large part of my life.

[@Rigel_Chiokis]

In 1975 my family and I were staying in a campground on the Bay of Fundy. I walked on the bottom while the tide was out. It was a very sticky mud! Any time we are near the Windor River, we would go to watch the tidal wave roll up the river when the tide came in.

[@TheDancingCarrot]

Oh my word this makes me so excited. Its nice when your area gets mentioned on something like this. New Brunswick represent!

[@Trucker_Josh]

I go past there in my travels a lot. Next time I'll pay attention to this and vlog it!

[@sharonthegreat5264]

The Bay of Fundy is one of the most beautiful places on earth. Visit it. And be sure to go tidal bore rafting! (Please do a video about tidal bores!)

[@salmonsandwiches]

I almost went to the Bay of Fundy on a summer study-abroad program, but the trip was canceled at the last moment due to issues with professor availability. I was supposed to take a biology class studying organisms in the Bay of Fundy during low tide! I would've loved to have been able to go there!

[@danidelconte]

My family has a cottage on Deer Island which is on the bay and the high tides nearly come to our doorstep. You should do a video on the old sow whirlpool. Thanks for teaching me more about this interesting place!

[@Arinoth]

Reversing Falls in Saint John is a great place to this phenomenon too. Plus how often do you get to see a falls reverse?

[@hghggjdddjfdjzfg9795]

i live 3 minutes away from Reversing Falls!

[@ASHandLEX08]

Hank, the way you say Fundy made me laugh a bit. I was really excited when I saw this video though, but what about the Reversing Falls in the Saint John River? Worth a mention at least, it is a river that flows in two directions.

[@benkendrick8465]

He says it the way it's said here in NS, didn't know it was pronounced different in NB

[@MiddleMalcolm]

He said it the correct way. Many mispronounce it like "fun-day", to the point where the proper fundy sounds weird.

[@001sticks]

I get to watch this every day :) On the same subject, the tidal bore should be mentioned.

[@extramailman12]

I live near the bay on the NS side, never knew how cool the process is that drives the insane tides

[@MarioDoiron]

Thanks Hank, I now appreciate how special my little corner of the world actually is now that I understand it's physical characteristics a little better. Love your channel!

[@uncleanunicorn4571]

Tide goes in, tide goes out. Hank can't explain it.

[@loafismlg2920]

uncleanunicorn lol is that supposed to be bill o Riley reference?

[@gforce95vn]

went kayaking/camping in the Bay of Fundy a couple of times and man.... It was beautiful, except the night fog and frequent fog warning alarms but it was so isolated from civilization that you can basically find tranquility there!!!

[@kellyspaghettti]

I've been the the Bay of Fundy a gajillion times. I've watched the tides AND they also have jellyfish you can hold there!

[@QueerPrideGirl]

Hank, I can't get enough of your face (and your knowledge). And I mean that in a completely supportive and platonic way. Go Nerdfighteria!

[@fuzzyone99]

***** Just what a guy wants to hear! How sexually uninterested you are in him!

[@VulcanTrekkie45]

Yup, I've been to the Bay of Fundy a few times. It's crazy. But down the coast here in New England we still have quite high tides.

[@MAGonzzManifesto]

Ahhh! Love that you guys are talking about research in STEM fields. Keep it up!

[@Acquavallo]

So glad you mentioned Canada and one of our treasured natural beauties

[@h3llsr3gr3t4]

I live on Grand manan island, smack in the middle of the Bay of fundy. I get to watch the awesome power of the tide's everyday... storm tide's suck though

[@jodyjohnston934]

H3LLS R3GR3T I have been to grand Manan islasd

[@creamofthememe7776]

H3LLS R3GR3T Do you Know Josh Small?

[@whynatbmx9689]

I LIVE THERE!!!

[@paranor001]

I live close.

[@kolafloro]

I live nowhere near of Canada

[@tjanderson1972]

I LIVE HERE!!! Not Bay of Fundy...just...here.

[@MaryMurple]

There is a place near St. Andrews, NB called Ministers Island that you can drive to at low tide, but the "road" is about 8-10 meters under water at high tide.

[@Duessa2000]

I am super geeking out because Hank Green is talking about my part of the world. I am currently in the Annapolis Valley, I could drive to the Bay of Fundy and put my feet in the water in less than 30 minutes!

[@j.scotthorn9042]

I lived in Annapolis Royal where the tidal power plant is for a few months and they have tours. It was a pretty impressive place to see.

[@ericripley9739]

Recently announced that the tidal power plant will be dismantled. Generator is worn out.

[@RJA10001]

it's great to see something local to me on such a big channel.

[@hejpigeotto]

I heard that here in Channel Islands weare among the biggest tidal ranges in the world - you have to time your swim carefully at the bays of Guernsey and Jersey. Sometimes our seafront gets water up to the doors of the grocery stores on a particularly high tide because they made the wall high but not that high.

[@TribusMontibus]

You have to differentiate between tidal range (height between high and low tide) and the speed of tidal currents. The latter are indeed very pronounced around the Channel Islands. We have a sailing boat. When approaching the islands with a following tide you have to take care that you are not swept past. You’ll have a very hard time beating back.

[@thomasjordan5578]

I remember, Bay of Fundy at dusk (10 PM) Water appearing as Royal Blue ink and cute Easter egg colored boats bobbing about.

[@julia-rose1390]

I lived there and when you see people canoeing through a place you walked to only like a half hour before your like how did this not win the contest to become the 8th natural wonder of the world

[@BoomaOwl]

Hah. I went to University in the Annapolis Valley. The view from my apartment was either a lovely basin (known as the Minas Basin) or a lot of mud. Depending on the time of day. It's really quite a sight.

[@wilsonspalding]

I lived all my life 40 min from the bay and just now I have a perfect explanation of it. Thanks Hank lol

[@goodmorningkanye9240]

I live in Halifax, so I'm not too far away too

[@cinndave]

My highschool textbook back in the 90's said the controversy was that a tidal dam at Fundy releasing all its water would cause tides to surge as far away as Boston. I guess this means that kind of dam is out of the question.

[@froff922]

I want to say thank you to everyone who helped fundyng this episode.

[@Flarexxxx]

The tidal power plant mentioned is no longer active, and the whole anchor thing they failed and gave up on, and left them there, almost every commercial fisherman is pissed off about it

[@froshmasta]

Hooray, Some Nova Scotia on SciShow! I live in NS and some of my family worked on the Annapolis Royal hydro project when it was built. I think they still do tours of the facility for the public. The place with the highest recorded tides in the world is called Burncoat Head. Google them for a website and go visit for a cool look at nature.

[@ericripley9739]

Just announced the tidal power plant will be dismantled.

[@Chuck59ish]

I live in Saint John where we get about 7 meter tides. Most ships have to come in on the high tide and in the case of container ships have to be unloaded and loaded before the tide rises again and they leave the harbour. The Cruise Ships do the same come into port on the high tide and leave on the high tides.

[@chriseffpunkt4333]

+Charles Damery ok

[@thequinker913]

Me too

[@Jygerthe2nd]

Me too.

[@BeeEmRibau]

Great episode, however I'm kind of surprised and disappointed that you guys didn't include pictures of the actual bay from eye-level. It a pretty sweet thing to see.

[@TyrKohout]

I grew up swimming in Peggy's Cove (a branch of the Bay of Fundy) and saw the large tidal movements as normal for the longest time. I was very surprised to learn that other parts of the world experienced such insignificant (relatively speaking) tidal change. For the many of you out there who have never had the privilege of walking on the ocean floor at low tide, do yourself a favour and make the trip out to see what it's all about. It's a very beautiful place to be.

[@ArchFundy]

Peggy's Cove is on the Atlantic side of NS, not The Bay of Fundy side. The rise and fall of the tides would not be as extreme there. Still, it's a great place to visit.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

I'm living about 360 km up the river here and we have around 3-4m tides. But there coast is less than 2 hrs away so walking on the ocean floor isn't too uncommon for a holiday destination.

[@BEM684]

Great episode - I'm surprised you didn't mention the Hopewell Rocks though! It's directly related to the tidal range in the Bay of Fundy, and the visuals are awesome :)

[@AuntieWelly]

Hello from the second highest tidal movement in the world, the River Severn on the far side of the pond, home to the famous Severn Bore (look it up) with a tidal range of 15 metres (49 feet) and one of its feeds the River Avon ... right through the middle of a city called Bristol which I call simply, Home.

[@toefurcub]

lived at the top of the fundy all my life... the tidal bore can be substantial in some places and those underwater turbines they've tried many projects but they get DESTROYED by the both the tidal power and crap in the water.

[@liess7932]

Is that the same that happens in Saint-Malo, France? I think it's so awesome that we can get that tidal energy!

[@thorntoncrowley4785]

im so glad you talked about this!!! i live super close to here !!

[@JimWatters]

If it was not for today's fog I could see the Bay of Fundy right now. I always find it weird when I visit other places in the world and the tides hardly change.

[@benjaminleyer2555]

This reminds of Argyle Lake in Australia which (if I remember correctly) is a very seasonal lake that will all but evaporate at certain point throughout the year only to return in full with the start of the rainy season.

[@stevet3980]

Nova Scotia born and raised in New Brunswick. I've seen the bay from all sides and in places the tide can outrun an adult.

[@HatfieldCreek]

there was already a tidal turbine in the bay at the time this video was released, fundy force, in west bay.

[@ToneyCrimson]

"Tides go in tides go out. You can't explain it" - Bill O'Reilly

[@jonastjepkema]

I'm so grateful that you use metric measures! Thanks alot!

[@alaskabrewer8186]

We have very similar tidal action in the Knik Arm and Turnagain Arm around Anchorage.

[@vomitmearainbow]

I love right on the bay in new Brunswick :) pretty stellar tides.

[@vomitmearainbow]

Live.

[@shulaya30]

Thank you! This is a great jumping off point for if and when I have my students do an inquiry about renewable sources of energy, and they can choose this type .

[@Ladyofthestacks]

Bother cool thing about the bay is when the tide comes in. There are businesses that take you out there on rafts and you ride some of the tallest waves I've ever seen generated by the power of the tide.

[@Jesslovescoffee29]

My family went on a trip to the Bay of Fundy when we lived in Fredericton NB. I think i was 5 at the time. My dad terrified me when we went exploring these caves along the beach. He told me that we "had to hurry or the tide would drown us" since it rose so fast. Silly dad trying to be funny but having the opposite effect. He also said that where our car was parked would be under water in a few hours (which was true).

[@RahulGokhale16]

There is a similar place in India, Balasore, wherein the time between high tide and low tide is about 6 hours. The sea subsides for 5 Km during every full cycle.

[@sebastianbohnet527]

YAY!! I live in New Brunswick!😅😅

[@xbuttonsx]

Woot woot. I live right beside the bay. :3 Was really surprising and exciting to see it as a topic of SciShow :D

[@swampape3956]

It truly is something to see.

[@LaurenMorley]

I remember doing a project on this when I was about 8 years old. One day I want to visit and see these tides for myself.

[@Eldael136]

If you do, the best place to see it is probably Hopewell Rocks.

[@LaurenMorley]

Oooh thanks! I'll try to keep that in mind =)

[@IzaakCha7]

There are some spots in Nova Scotia, like Cape D'Or lighthouse, where you can see the tide rushing out of the Bay with incredible force, as if someone pulled a massive plug under the sea nearby. If you jumped in the water at Cape D'Or as the tide was going out it would be like you were on a speed boat. The Bay of Fundy is such a beautiful place too

[@ShonkyLegs]

I live right next to the Bay of Fundy, it's beautiful. :)

[@hannahparsons1881]

One of my professors and several people I go to school with are involved with the investigation of tidal power in The Bay of Fundy. A turbine has already been placed there once before but the tides were so strong that it was destroyed.

[@samwalie]

Went camping there once, my favourite part of Canada

[@trevorstewart3904]

I'm amused by all the comments from my fellow New Brunswickers (well, I guess I'm now an ex-New Brunswicker, though it still feels like home) writing 'New Brunswick was mentioned somewhere!'. In all my travels around this planet over the last 10-15 years I can count on my two hands the number of people who have heard of our province (Nova Scotians in the comments, in my experience people have heard of your province, even if their knowledge on the topic is vague in the extreme. Happy that you got mentioned too). Time to join in on the chorus: Yay, New Brunswick was mentioned! It's something at least.

[@TheReykjavik]

Thinking about where that lunar energy comes from is pretty crazy. What we are harvesting is ancient kinetic energy, the angular momentum of earth to be precise. The rotation of earth drags the water up the Lunar gravity well, and when the gates open it flows back down through the generator. The physics here is just crazy.

[@TheSilverMoon5]

the tides create some pretty cool formation, check out the rocks (Hopewell) they're very cool

[@grungemunkey]

while in Sea Cadets during the 90's I sailed in that basin right next to the Annapolis tidal damn. While they were on the water would get so foamy it was gross.

[@adamthornton7880]

I think the energy actually comes from the kinetic energy of Earth's rotation. The Moon is also gaining orbital energy from its tidal interaction with Earth, causing it to slowly move to a higher orbit, and Earth's rotation to slow down.

[@Merelf]

I can see a little bit of the bay from here :) thanks for doing a episode on it!

[@biggesturtle]

please do more of these I love themmmmmm

[@probablythechannel]

YAY to Canadian Fun Facts!

[@SleeplessNovember]

I actually live right by the bay of Fundy. YAY Canada and Nova Scotia!

[@Number-po6tw]

* New Brunswick as well

[@tuseroni]

far as i know there are only 4 energy sources on earth: solar (this includes wind, hydroelectric, part of waves, biofuel, and petroleum) lunar (including tidal power and part of wave power) nuclear (fission, radiothermal, and hopefully soon fusion) and geological (pretty much entirely geothermal) so you can say all energy on earth comes from the sun, the moon, the atom, or the earth (of course the sun gets it's energy from the atom, and fission gets it's energy through fusion and geothermal gets it's energy from the last star that was here, or here abouts, even the tides get their energy from the rotation of the earth which gets it's energy from the angular momentum of the nebula that birthed our star. )

[@TheLorax787]

Ya Canada! When ever there's a video on Canada you know we Canadians will be there in the comments

[@fickteuchdochihraffen2948]

nice work mate keep it up

[@newtracetriad]

Growing up in canada, I never knew this phenomenon was so amazing!

[@NotHawkguy]

EFF YES NOVA SCOTIA!!! c: That made me so happy.... Hank knows we exist..

[@kenattaway721]

I live in Nova Scotia...the Bay is an amazing place, but also dangerous...Many commercial fishermen have lost their lives in the Bay...

[@andrewfullerton1379]

It's always a fun day at Fundy

[@swampape3956]

Unless it rains, then you're screwed.

[@zomBgone99]

Very awesome episode. Keep up the good work. :)

[@daedrmr2dae]

Really good explanation--most of the other explanations of the tides I've seen don't even try to address this effect.

[@TribusMontibus]

In all fairness, this effect is only relevant in very few specific cases and therefore doesn’t have to be mentioned in the majority of tides explanations.

[@rileyjensen5257]

I'm glad to call this place home

[@jodybingo]

Hank, Bill O'Reilly says 'tides go in, tides go out, you can't explain that'. We should send him a link to subscribe here!

[@EnchantedBug]

Love the idea of highlighting weird places!

[@chanelleboudreau5286]

I'm surprised they didn't show any pictures or footage of the rock formations or what the area looks like at both high tide and low tide.

[@West_Kagle]

Whoa.....this is the earliest I have ever watched one of their videos. It said 8 views when I watched. :P

[@conagorn]

only at 90 for me now, that's crazy

[@West_Kagle]

conagorn Yeah.......the counter runs up fast.

[@thearmchairtraveller6492]

Woah that's early.it was 300 for me.

[@West_Kagle]

thearmchairtraveller It was funny. I opened up the what to watch page, it was right at the top, and it said posted 2 seconds ago. I clicked on it and........boom, it already had 8 views. Dam! 4 views per second. No wonder these videos get mad views. :P

[@fartzinwind]

thearmchairtraveller 300 seems to be a sticking point for some reason on just about any post. If you notice 300 in the views, check the likes because they are often more accurate. I often see 300 views, but far more likes already accumulated.

[@jamesleatherwood5125]

*holds up brooch with large clear crystal and shouts!* "MOOOOON......COZZZZMIC........POWER!!!!!!