Whose tide is highest? Canadian towns battle it out over Guinness World Record title

<p>For years Nova Scotia’s Burntcoat Head Park claimed the superior tidal height, but now a challenger from the far north is seeking the crown</p><p>For visitors to Burntcoat Head Park in Nova Scotia, a scramble along the russet shoreline of the Atlantic Ocean is a pilgrimage to the site of one of the planet’s great natural wonders.</p><p>Twice a day, more than 100bn tons of seawater fills and drains the Bay of Fundy – a figure comparable to the flow of all the world’s freshwater rivers combined.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/22/canada-towns-slug-it-out-over-whose-tide-is-highest-burntcoat-head-park-bay-of-fundy-nunavik-tasiujaq-leaf-basin-ungava">Continue reading...</a>