Braincrampery: River Hebert.

There was once only two ways off and on Prince Edward Island, by boat and by plane, but since the last day of May, 1997, twenty toonies and three loonies gets you onto the eight-mile long Confederation Bridge from the island into New Brunswick.

We weren't in New Brunswick long. After stopping briefly at a visitor's center on the border of NB, we crossed back into NS and headed for the River Hebert, a small tidal river that empties into the Cumberland Basin at the northeastern end of the Bay of Fundy. Our sources had whispered the inside information: the tidal bore was on its way and would appear under a certain bridge at exactly 12:20 P.M. We broke a few traffic laws getting there but made it in time. That's the Canadian flag next to the flag commemorating the annual two days of Spring, four days of Summer, and two days of Fall that all Canadians find so understandably precious.