Oh Canada

Day 4

The ride was much calmer for our last stop, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada. We had booked an accessible tour of city but our first stop was right outside at the dock, the recently opened Container Village, a retail, performance and food vender space made from over 60 old shipping containers. What a great way to recycle. Speaking of which, Canada is leaps and bounds above the U.S. when it comes to recycling. In the perfectly accessible bathroom at the port there were several recycling containers. Alovely lady explained to us that pretty much everything was recyclable except toilet paper :)

When it was time for the tour, we loaded on to an accessible bus with a lift. While on the tour we learned about the historical significance of the maritime city. The highlight the tour was the Reversing Falls Rapids, one of very few on earth. This phenomena occurs when the Bay of Funny’s tides, the largest in the world at up to 24 ft, meet the St. John river. At low tide the river empties into the bay, causing rapids and whirlpools, then as the tide rises it slowly reverses the river, again causing rapids and whirlpools.

After the tour it was back to Container Village to purchase some souvenirs !