Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Alma
The tiny village of Alma is a supply center for the park. It has accommodations, restaur-
ants, a small gas station, grocery store, liquor outlet and laundry. Most facilities close in
winter, when it becomes a ghost town. Down on the beach is a statue of Molly Kool, the
first female sea captain on the continent.
Fresh Air Adventure
( 800-545-0020, 506-887-2249;
www.freshairadventure.com
; 16
Fundy View Dr; tours from $55; Jun-Sep)
offers myriad kayaking tours, from two-hour
trips to multiday excursions, in and around Fundy.
For accommodations,
Parkland Village Inn
( 506-887-2313;
www.parklandvillageinn.com
; 8601 Hwy 114; r incl breakfast $95-160)
is a busy 60-year-old inn
with comfy, renovated rooms, some with killer Bay of Fundy views. At the inn,
Tides
Restaurant
(8601 Hwy 114; mains $12-22; noon-8pm)
is a beachy, fine-dining place that
does top-rate seafood and excellent ribs. The casual takeout patio has fish-and-chips and
cold beer.
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Cape Enrage & Mary's Point
From Alma, old Rte 915 yields two sensational, yet relatively isolated, promontories
high over the bay.
See the 150-year-old lighthouse at the windblown, suitably named
Cape Enrage
(
www.capenrage.ca
; off Rte 905; adult/child $5/3; 9am-8pm)
. The cape was restored and is
still expertly run by local high-school students and volunteer mentors from the area. On-
site guides offer
climbing
($85 for two hours) and
rappelling
($90 for two hours) off the
steep rock faces. Or you can simply wander the beach looking for fossils (low tide
only!).
When all that activity gets you hungry, head to the
Cape House Restaurant
(mains
$13-28; 11:30am-11pm).
Here in the original lighthouse-keeper's house you can enjoy
the dramatic view while dining on pan-seared local scallops, foraged fiddlehead ferns
and lobster tacos.
At Mary's Point, 22km east, is the
Shepody Bay Shorebird Reserve
(Mary's Point Rd,
off Hwy 915)
. From mid-July to mid- August hundreds of thousands of shorebirds,
primarily sandpipers, gather here. Nature trails and boardwalks lead through the dikes
and marsh. The interpretive center is open from late June to early September, but you can
use the 6.5km of trails any time.
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