Anderson Cove & Squally Point

The wild coastline of the Cliffs of Fundy is nowhere more breath-taking than here. In Anderson Cove, a dizzying array of 355-million-year-old volcanic rocks and lake sediments record the squeezing and stretching that took place during the assembly of Pangea. A flat cliff top marks an ancient beach now perched high above the Bay of Fundy. This raised beach was created as the melting ice sheet retreated 16,000 years ago. As the great weight of glacial ice disappeared, the land rebounded, raising the beach to 37 metres (40 yd) above present sea level.