Amherst is a town in northwestern Nova Scotia, Canada, located at the northeast end of the Cumberland Basin, an arm of the Bay of Fundy, and 22 km (14 mi) south of the Northumberland Strait. The town sits on a height of land at the eastern boundary of the Isthmus of Chignecto and Tantramar Marshes, 3 km (1.9 mi) east of the interprovincial border with New Brunswick and 65 km (40 mi) southeast of the city of Moncton. It is 60 km (37 mi) southwest of the New Brunswick abutment of the Confederation Bridge to Prince Edward Island at Cape Jourimain.
Downtown Amherst, Nova Scotia in the morning
The First Baptist Church is one of many stone structures on Amherst's main street.
The Tantramar Marshes, also known as the Tintamarre National Wildlife Area, is a tidal saltmarsh around the Bay of Fundy on the Isthmus of Chignecto. The area borders between Route 940, Route 16 and Route 2 near Sackville, New Brunswick. The government of Canada proposed the boundaries of the Tantramar Marshes in 1966 and was declared a National Wildlife Area in 1978.
A hay barn of a type once numerous on the Tantramar Marsh.
Muskrat. Visually similar to a beaver, but slightly smaller and with a rounder, longer tail.
Flock of Red-Knots, designated as "at risk" under the Species at Risk Act
One of the dykes around Tantramar Marsh. Protects the land from large waves and potential flooding. Shown here as a high wall that pedestrians can travel along.