Field Market Way is an educational resource about the intertidal zone — the band of rocky shore that the tide covers and uncovers twice a day — with a focus on Canadian coasts. It gathers clear, practical explanations of how tides work, what lives in tide pools, and how to observe that life without disturbing it.
The writing here is organised into a small set of field notes rather than a sprawling encyclopedia. The aim is that a curious visitor can read three short articles and arrive at a rocky shore knowing when to go, what they are looking at, and how to behave once they are there.
Articles describe widely documented features of intertidal ecology and reference publicly available material from organisations such as Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Parks Canada. Where exact local figures depend on a specific site or date — such as tide heights — the text points readers to the official tide tables rather than quoting numbers that could mislead.
All photographs on this site come from Wikimedia Commons and are used under their respective Creative Commons licenses, with the source linked through Commons. They illustrate representative species and habitats rather than any specific named location unless stated in the caption.
Questions, corrections, and suggestions are welcome. The form below records your message in your browser only; it is a frontend demonstration and does not transmit data to a server. For correspondence, the maintainer can be reached at the address listed beneath the form.
General correspondence: hello@fieldmarketway.org