Reversing Falls

Post by Ella.

Between Dennys Bay and Cobscook (the Maliseet-Passamaquoddy word for “boiling tides”j Bay there is Reversing Falls Park. Intriguing.

The Old County road off Route 1 led to a charming one lane road where we had to stop for a gaggle of geese and a photo of a seafaring church. Then google maps had us turning onto an old dirt road (uh oh, is google confused?) but at the end was a small grassy area with a root-gnarled path lead down to the water.

Swirls, eddies, roaring ripples moving in concentric circles, some clockwise, some counter. Eeks, I’ve entered Grubb’s parallel dimension. 

Here are three short videos (10 seconds or so)

https://grubbella.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_4538.mov

https://grubbella.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_4541.mov

https://grubbella.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_4540.mov

A huge underwater ledge along with the dramatic tides in the bay which rise up to 24 feet every 6.4 hours creates this mystical effect.