Field trips in Nova Scotia, as elsewhere, involve a degree of risk. Remember that, at the outset of your adventure, you have a choice of going or not going based on your common sense of your own ability and the prevailing conditions. In Nova Scotia you need to be aware of several factors, including those listed in the following paragraphs.

Cliffs can be both high and steep and many have overhangs. Falling rocks are a common hazard: wear a hard hat and stay at least the same distance from the cliff as the cliff is high.

Rocks and seaweed are often slippery. Tread carefully, and never explore without a friend.

The Bay of Fundy has an extremely high tidal range - reputedly the greatest in the world. Always begin trips on Fundy shores on a falling tide and ensure that you are off the beach at least three hours before high tide. If you venture beyond headlands, ensure that you have time to return to all critical points before the tide cuts you off.

All fossils are the property of the Province of Nova Scotia.
Collecting loose material on the beach is permitted, even though it is the property of the people of Nova Scotia. If your fossil is a vertebrate fossil, or other rare find, you are obliged to offer it to the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History or the Fundy Geological Museum. You will usually be allowed to keep the material, but if the museum opts to keep a specimen, you will be credited with the find. Sampling bedrock requires a permit from the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History in Halifax.