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FUNDY, BAY OF

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FUNDY, See also:BAY OF , an inlet of the See also:North See also:Atlantic, separating New See also:Brunswick from Nova See also:Scotia. It is 145 M. See also:long and 48 m. wide at the mouth, but gradually narrows towards the See also:head, where it divides into Chignecto Bay to the north, which sub-divides into Shepody Bay and See also:Cumberland See also:Basin (the See also:French Beaubassin), and See also:Minas Channel, leading into Minas Basin, to the See also:east and See also:south. Off its western See also:shore opens See also:Passamaquoddy Bay, a magnificent See also:sheet of deep See also:water with See also:good anchorage,receiving the See also:waters of the St Croix See also:river and forming See also:part of the boundary between New Brunswick and the See also:state of See also:Maine, The Bay of Fundy is remarkable for the See also:great rise and fall of the See also:tide, which at the head of the bay has been known to reach 62 ft. In Passamaquoddy Bay the rise and fall is about 25 ft., which gradually increases toward the narrow upper reaches. At See also:spring tides the water in the Bay of Fundy is 19 ft. higher than it is in Bay Verte, in See also:Northumberland Strait, only 15 M. distant. Though the bay is deep, See also:navigation is rendered dangerous by the violence and rapidity of the tide, and in summer by frequent fogs. At See also:low tide, at such points as See also:Moncton or See also:Amherst, only an expanse of red mud can be seen, and the tide rushes in a See also:bore or See also:crest from 3 to 6 ft. in height. Large areas of fertile marshes are situated at the head of the bay, and the remains of a submerged See also:forest show that the See also:land has subsided in the latest See also:geological See also:period at least 40 ft. The bay receives the waters of the St Croix and St See also:John See also:rivers, and has numerous harbours, of which the See also:chief are St See also:Andrews (on Passamaquoddy Bay) and St John in New Brunswick, and See also:Digby and See also:Annapolis (on an inlet known as Annapolis Basin) in Nova Scotia. It was first explored by the Sieur de Monts (d. c. 1628) in 1604 and named by him La Baye Francaise.

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