The Recent Years
A number of ice ages occurred over the past two million years, with beds of ice up to two kilometres thick
scouring the landscape. The last receded only 13000 years ago exposing the present form of the Bay of
Fundy. At this time the Bay was a quiet water way - cut off from the Atlantic Ocean by Georges and
Browns Banks. Caribou and mammoths grazed on the present Georges Banks. As the sea levels
continued to rise, partly due to the melting ice, the Banks became flooded and the Bay was connected to
the sea. The giant tides were born.