When the eagles return to Sheffield Mills
They come from across the Maritimes by the thousands — from Cape Breton, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and mainland Nova Scotia — dressed warmly with binoculars and bird books in hand. Every January, bird fanciers invade the quiet Annapolis Valley hamlet of Sheffield Mills by the thousands, hot in pursuit of one of Nova [...]
Read moreThe world’s highest tides? Maybe not.
For generations it has been a point of regional pride that the Bay of Fundy tides are the highest in the world. But lately, troubling sounds have been coming from northern Quebec – whispers of even higher tides in the crystal-clear waters of Ungava Bay’s Leaf Basin. Idle chatter, proud Maritimers scoffed. After all, the [...]
Read moreMapping Atlantic Canada’s deepest canyon
At 70 kilometers long, 16 kilometers wide and more than 2,000 meters deep, the Gully is the largest known undersea canyon on the east coast of North America. But in spite of being known for at least 130 years through primitive depth sounding methods, the water depth and the Gully’s remote location near Sable Island [...]
Read moreSaving the wood turtle
FOR JOHN GILHEN THE STORY is all too familiar— a well meaning parent, a couple of curious kids and a wood turtle. It’s a confrontation that the wood turtle all too often loses. For hundreds of Nova Scotians who take to the woods every year, slow-moving wood turtles are an irresistible treasure to be taken [...]
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