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Natural wonders mix with manmadeBy Herb Shannon•T Tr*\el Editorspecies straddles 1,232 feet fromhiNEW BRUNSWICK, Canada Confirmed shullersnappers lured here by the official title ol Cana* da’s Picture Province are never disappointed. Two of the most-photographed works of man and nature on the upper eastern seaboard are found within its borders.Nature takes precedence at Hopewell Cape, on the southeast coast, where the Bay of Fuiuly tides, the highest in the world, have sculpted a fantasy land of towering garden planters and rock formations resembling extinct creatures of the dinosaur age from the sandstone cliffs.At Hartland, on the mighty St. John River, another vanishingshore to shore In nostalgic tribute to man’s conquest of the wilderness and woman’s conquest of man. The covered wooden bridge, also known from its earliest days as a tunnel la matrimony, is the longest slruclure of Us kind in the world.ested terrain as contrast to the seaide. The choice of swimming ranges from lakes to man-made salt water pools to Fundy Bay itself.The giant flowerpots of Hope-well Cape quarried by erosion ofthe 40-toot Fundy tidal action guard spooky caves and dragon rocks smoothed and formed by eons of the daily [low. One cf many provincial parks, The Rocks offers picnic sites, washrooms, a restaurant and gift shop overlooking the turbulent bay.Boats can be rented for use on the park lakes and for a nominal fee you can fish the’park streams. Nature and hiking trails, outdoor movies and plenty of camping and picnicking are available.NEARBY ISPark, offering aFundy National vast inland for-The Hartland bridge, which takes New' Brunswick’s old highway 103 across the St. John River, is one of I he remaining 102 covered crossings of more than 400 which once existed in (he province. Local conservation groups have formed to preserve and protect these linksbetween progress and history.x-.ty ■ r-rj :•«. • * \ v: • -A• ' : .* ■ ••\ . ■ : ... ^ ■ ■* •- -! ’TIDAL fantasia in New Brunswick creates a natural sculpture.StuffphotobyHERBSHANNON./U . :• .V. ........The criterion for building theroofed bridges was that they were high enough and wide enough toaccommodate a wagonload of hay in addition to spanning the walery obstacle. This was more utilitarian than romantic, but many a hayride through the secluded tunnels led to marriage, .In the days when Ihe horse-drawn carriage was the main mode of transportation, the covered bridge was the single girl’s best friend next lo a diamond ring. 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Long Beach, California, US
Sun, May 22, 1977
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