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Road Trip Alma to Cape Enrage – Zip Line & Shorebird Reserve
Alma
Mary's Point
55
km
1h18
drive
Summer
season
The Itinerary
Leaving Fundy National Park, the Shepody Bay coast offers a trio of experiences unique to Atlantic Canada: zip-line over the ocean, viewing of 2 million migrating shorebirds, and walking the seabed at low tide.
Alma, a tiny fishing village (240 inhabitants) at the park entrance, is famous for its fish chowder and Kelly's Bake Shop (legendary sticky buns since 1937). From there, Route 915 follows the wild coast to Cape Enrage: 1840 heritage lighthouse, panoramic restaurant and New Brunswick's only zip-line flying over cliffs above 14 m tides. Guaranteed adrenaline.
20 minutes further, the Mary's Point sanctuary (Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network site) hosts from late July to mid-August the world's densest concentration of migrating semipalmated sandpipers: 2 million birds taking off simultaneously in swirling clouds before retreating tides — the "Bird Shoulder" phenomenon. Hopewell Rocks, 15 minutes away, rounds out the trip.
Alma, a tiny fishing village (240 inhabitants) at the park entrance, is famous for its fish chowder and Kelly's Bake Shop (legendary sticky buns since 1937). From there, Route 915 follows the wild coast to Cape Enrage: 1840 heritage lighthouse, panoramic restaurant and New Brunswick's only zip-line flying over cliffs above 14 m tides. Guaranteed adrenaline.
20 minutes further, the Mary's Point sanctuary (Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network site) hosts from late July to mid-August the world's densest concentration of migrating semipalmated sandpipers: 2 million birds taking off simultaneously in swirling clouds before retreating tides — the "Bird Shoulder" phenomenon. Hopewell Rocks, 15 minutes away, rounds out the trip.
Points of Interest
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Cape Enrage Zip LineNB's only zip line, flying over Fundy 14 m tides.
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Mary's Point Sanctuary2 million semipalmated sandpipers, mid-July to mid-Aug.
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Cape Enrage Lighthouse1840 lighthouse, panoramic restaurant on Fundy.
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Kelly's Bake Shop (Alma)Legendary sticky buns since 1937.
Practical info
- Departure Alma
- Destination Mary's Point
- Distance 55 km
- Duration 1h18
- Category Short (< 100 km)
- Best season Summer
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