At this park in New Brunswick,
visitors marvel at the curiously shaped «flowerpot» rocks, huge
vegetation-topped formations along the shore at Hopewell Cape
in Shepody Bay at the northwest end of the Bay of Fundy.
Micmac legend has it that some of the tribe were captured and enslaved
by giant whales that once inhabitated the bay. Dashing to shore as a means
of escape, the Micmacs were turned to stone as they reached the water's
edge. This is but one legend as to the creation of the
«flowerpot» formations.
In reality their existence resulted from the earth's surface tilting
and cracking as the last glaciers melted. Water entered the cracks to
allow pillars to stand alone.
The sea and tidal waves attack and finally topple the flowerpots. But
according to geologists there is sufficient material to continue forming
these flowerpot for 100,000 years to come.
With its picnic areas and nature trails, visitors stroll along the
sandy shore past old Acadian dykes to observe these wonderous
«rocks» of nature.
Great Moncton
