Alma is certainly the focus of activities during the weekend fleet launch but consider everything this area has to offer while visiting this weekend and planning trips here in the future. Hiking trails are everywhere, both in Fundy National Park and on numerous local beaches at low tide. For example, just 10 minutes away from…

The village of Alma is celebrating the beginning of the fall lobster season with a whole weekend of activities. The celebration, held this year in conjunction with the Rising Tides Trails and Tunes festival, begins on Friday, Oct. 13, with a special evening of music and fun. The lobster fleet will launch just after midnight…

A lobster meal is a wonderful treat and there are many different ways to prepare this crustacean and lobster from Alma is renowned for its freshness and taste. You’ll be able to visit one of the sumptuous restaurants in the village to get a taste of lobster prepared a number of ways. You can also…

                It’s been four decades since Terry Rossiter first took to the sea to fish for lobster.                 Back then, the 13-year-old Rossiter was part of the crew on an Alma lobster boat named Leona Mae.  It didn’t take too long for the teenager to decide that hunting for lobster on the giant tides of…

While the Fleet Launch is the focus of the weekend, there will be lots more to do for visitors and locals. This year, the Alma Fleet Launch has partnered with the Rising Tides Trails & Tunes festival (October 5th to 14th) to make the weekend even more special for visitors. Organizers are taking great care…

Imagine this … The sun has just risen, casting an orange glow across the dark water of the Bay of Fundy. On the Village of Alma’s dock, enormous lights illuminate scores of men and women hastily loading baited traps and giant multi-colored buoys onto boats that wait hitched to the wharf. The water sloshes against…

Welcome to the village at the heart of the Bay of Fundy. It’s the jumping-off point for exploring the magnificent Fundy National Park and the world-renowned ecosystem of the UNESCO-designated Fundy Biosphere Reserve. Alma is also home to one of the most active lobster fleets in the bay, where lobster reach “monster” sizes due to…