World Famous Reversing Falls - Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
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The Reversing Falls of the Saint John River can best be observed from Fallsview Park in St. John, NB, Canada
Waymark Code: WM10AY1
Location: New Brunswick, Canada
Date Posted: 04/04/2019
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A sign in Fallsview Park describes the Reversing Falls. It is inscribed in part:
A Reversing, Rushing Torrent
The superlatives 'natural wonder' and 'phenomenon' are sometimes used in exaggeration. Not so in the case of Saint John's rushing torrent known as the Reversing Falls. Rivers everywhere feed the worlds's oceans. What's unusual is that twice each day the Saint John Harbour pushes back, overcoming the river current and making the water fall five meters in the opposite direction. The abnormality is blamed squarely on the Bay of Fundy, a dynamic maritime eco-system known for producing the world's highest most extreme tides. During the time between these contrary events, the water's surface rests placidly at half tide...
To see the full effect of the tides visitors are encouraged to visit the falls at low tide, slack tide and high tide. At low tide the Saint John River flows normally into the Bay of Fundy. At slack tide the water becomes quiet like a lake. At high tide the water rushes in upstream in a torrent.