Moncton Tidal Bore

Some pictures of the tidal bore. The Tidal Bore is much like the Reversing Rivers Rapids in Saint John, but is on the Petitcodiac River. Years ago the Tidal Bore was a very impressive high wall of water that surged in through the narrow river opening. You could see the wave pushing ...the river to reverse. However, a causeway built across the river has blocked the bore, and usually the river-wide wave is only a few inches high! The river still reverses, but it is not very dramatic. Around the equinox, when the tides are especially high, the moving wave is much more visible. Some tourists who expect more have referred to it as the Tidal Boring!

What is impressive is that the river rises the empty river bed to completly full in  few short hours.

During low tide

During low tide

River at %50

River at %50 the tide is still pushing the river back

On the right are the one way storm drains. The river is at %50 but it has not fill this outlet.

Storm drain outlet. River is at %50

Storm drain outlet. River at %90

Storm drain outlet. River at %90

River at %90

More pictures please see archives for sept20/09