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The Bay of Fundy (French: Baie de Fundy) is a bay between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with a small portion touching the U.S. state of Maine. It is an arm of the Gulf of Maine. Its tidal range is the highest in the world. [1] The name is probably a corruption of the French word fendu, meaning 'split'. [2]
Fundy National Park is a national park of Canada located on the Bay of Fundy, near the village of Alma, New Brunswick. It was created on April 10, 1946 and officially opened on July 29, 1950. The park showcases a rugged coastline which rises up to the Canadian Highlands, the highest tides in the world and more than 25 waterfalls.
Deer Island is one of the Fundy Islands at the entrance to Passamaquoddy Bay in the Bay of Fundy, Canada. It was first settled by colonists around 1770. [2] The economy is primarily fishing and aquaculture. The Old Sow, the largest tidal whirlpool in the western hemisphere [3] can be viewed from Deer Island Point Park. [4]
The Fundy Quay development is a project by the Fundy Harbour Group. [2] It is set to contain five mixed-use buildings with a total floor space of 69,700 square metres. The buildings' ground floors are set to be allocated for commercial use, with the remaining floors set to be used for a total of 677 residential units.
This is a list of islands of New Brunswick. ... Bay of Fundy: 137 km 2 [1] Grand Manan: ... Passamaquoddy Bay: Saint Andrews: Charlotte: Navy Island:
Passamaquoddy Bay (French: Baie de Passamaquoddy) is an inlet of the Bay of Fundy, between the U.S. state of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick, at the mouth of the St. Croix River. [1] Most of the bay lies within Canada, with its western shore bounded by Washington County, Maine .
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Fundy Bay had a population of 1,236 living in 519 of its 588 total private dwellings, a change of 5.9% from its 2016 population of 1,167. With a land area of 60.19 km 2 (23.24 sq mi), it had a population density of 20.5/km 2 (53.2/sq mi) in 2021.
The St. Andrews Blockhouse was built during the War of 1812 and is now a national historic site. [10] Between 1820 and 1860, the port of Saint Andrews welcomed Irish immigrants. They were first quarantined at Hospital Island, in Passamaquoddy Bay. At the 1851 census, more than 50% of the town's population had been born in Ireland. [11]