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How high are the tides in the Bay of Fundy?
The tides in the Bay of Fundy can range up to 15 metres (50 feet) between high and low tides, making them the highest in the world. That’s as high as a five-storey building! Each day 100 billion tonnes of seawater flows in and out of the bay.
The Covered Bridge Capital of Atlantic Canada
There are
16 covered bridges in Kings County, representing one-quarter of New
Brunswick’s 64 remaining covered bridges.
They are the Marven, Bloomfield Creek, French Village,
Malone, Salmon, Smithtown, Bayswater, Urney, Plumweseep, Centreville,
Tranton, Moores Mills, Moosehorn, Darling's Island, MacFarlane and Oldfields
bridges.
The Oldfields covered bridge in Newtown represents New Brunswick on a 1992
commemorative 25-cent coin. The Canadian Mint issued this special series of
quarters in tribute to Canada's 125th birthday. The bridge can be seen just
off Route 890, approximately 10 miles east of Sussex.
Most New Brunswick covered bridges are built from the Howe truss design, easily recognized by the series of wooden X’s and vertical metal rods that run along the inside of the walls. The bridges were built in the late 1800s and early 1900s for practical reasons. An uncovered bridge has a working lifespan of 20 years, a covered one 80 or 100 years. Learn more about these intriguing structures at www.coveredbridges.ca
Why is Sussex the Dairytown?
The lush grass of Sussex Valley and surrounding area is turned into some of the best dairy products in the world. Dairytown butter, manufactured on the outskirts of Sussex, has a seven-year record as Canada’s best. Their butter beat 37 other entries to win the title of the best butter in the world in 2004.
The Sussex area is the cream of the crop in many other ways, too. It was producing most of Atlantic Canada’s dairy needs at the time of Canada’s Confederation in 1867. And did you know the ice cream cone was invented by a Sussex Corner man?
No visit to the area is complete without a visit to see Daisy the cow and Buttercup the calf, the world’s largest cows, at Exit 195 on Hwy 1 (Four Corners).