Fundy National Park

Fundy National Park
View of the Bay of Fundy
Coordinates: 45 ° 36 ′ 30 ″  N , 64 ° 58 ′ 23 ″  W.
Location:	New Brunswick , Canada
Next city:	Moncton
Surface:	206 km²
Founding:	1948
Visitors:	327,500 (2016/2017)
Address:	Fundy National Park P.O. Box 1001 Alma, NB Tel. [phone]
Dickson Falls hiking trail

The Canadian Fundy National Park ( English Fundy National Park of Canada , French Parc national du Canada Fundy ) is located on the Bay of Fundy near the village of Alma in the province of New Brunswick (New Brunswick). The park has both sea coast and coastal forests, the park area covers an area of ​​206 km². The park is crossed by New Brunswick Route 114 (a second-order highway).

The Fundy National Park at the same time also the core area of a biosphere reserve of UNESCO , which was established in 2007. The area was in 2011 in its entirety as Dark Sky Preserve ( dark-sky preserve , Fundy Dark Sky Preserve shown). The park is an IUCN Category II ( National Park ) protected area .

Bay in Fundy National Park

At low tide you can reach the bottom of the sea, which at high tide is more than nine meters below the surface of the water. The forest and the marshland are also accessible via a wooden path. There are more than 20 waterfalls in the park area.

In the 19th century there was a sawmill in the park that produced wood for the nearby town of Saint John and for export. After the forests in the area were felled, people abandoned it; in 1948 it finally became New Brunswick's first national park.

Web links

Commons : Fundy National Park  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

• Fundy National Park , on Parks Canada , (English, French)
• Fundy Biosphere reserve , (English, French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ UNESCO Biosphere Reserves. Fundy. In: Ecological Sciences for Sustainable Development. UNESCO , accessed April 11, 2013 . 
2. ^ Royal Astronomical Society of Canada : Dark-Sky Site Designations . rasc.ca >> RASC Programs >> Light-Pollution Abatement (with card).
3. ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Fundy National Park of Canada (English)