In 1968, the first time I witnessed the Tidal Bore coming up the Petitcodiac River in Moncton, New Brunswick, I was fascinated that such a magnificent wonder of nature was right there in the city for all to see! I stood in Bore Park, on Main Street, with dozens of other visitors, viewing the wave of seawater that pushed up the river reversing its flow. Back then, it was a significant wave, and the volume of seawater that quickly filled up the river on the heels of the tide was phenomenal! Over the years I came back now and then to see the Tidal Bore, becoming more and more dejected each time. It seemed the river was shrinking and so was the Tidal Bore. When I moved to Moncton in 1995, the beautiful Petitcodiac River had become an ugly reminder of the destructive ways of mankind! Filled with silt, strangled by a causeway, the mighty river had become a heartbreaking sight. As for the Tidal Bore, the locals had renamed it the “Total Bore”, referring to the insignificant ripple the tidal wave had become. Even though I now lived in the city, I rarely visited the river between 1995 and 2010; it had become unbearable to witness her death! But in the spring of 2010, after years of environmental haggling, the gates of the causeway that had nearly destroyed a wonder of nature were opened, allowing the Petitcodiac River to begin her journey to freedom. In September 2010, I took my grandson to view the Tidal Bore. We sat on the boardwalk on the Riverview side, a wonderful place to view the tide by the way, and were thrilled at the difference in both the Tidal Bore and the river itself after only a few months of being set free. I am deeply grateful to everyone responsible for giving us back the wonderful Petitcodiac River, and the awesome Tidal Bore.