Hurricane Fiona Update

The living shoreline has survived hurricane Fiona! The storm came through Nova Scotia on September 24, 2022 causing major damage throughout the province and Atlantic Canada. Fortunately, the impacts of the storm weren’t seen as harshly in the Mahone Bay Harbour, where the living shoreline is located, as other parts of the province and Atlantic Canada. All of the newly installed plant material survived the high winds without damage or upheaval from the site, and there was no major movement of sediment from the increased precipitation over such a short time.

Data was collected before, during, and after the storm, and will be analyzed and compiled into the final report in 2023. We chose to keep the silt curtain, the yellow buoy-style fence seen in the photos, in the nearshore water for the majority of our typical hurricane season. This was done as a just-in-case since the site was so recently installed and the plants are still trying to establish. The silt fence will be removed now that the majority of hurricane season has passed. The photos below were taken in October.