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Bar Island (New Brunswick)
Bar Island is the name of two small islands in the Bay of Fundy 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 extremely high tidal range is t ..., in New Brunswick, Canada. *One lies off the south-east coast of Frye Island, at approximately . The southern end of the island is almost contiguous with Fox Island. *The other lies off the south-east coast of Deer Island, at approximately . {{Set index article ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bay Of Fundy
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 extremely high tidal range is the highest in the world. The name is likely a corruption of the French word , meaning 'split'. Hydrology Tides The tidal range in the Bay of Fundy is about ; the average tidal range worldwide is only . Some tides are higher than others, depending on the position of the moon, the sun, and atmospheric conditions. Tides are semidiurnal, meaning they have two highs and two lows each day, with about six hours and 13 minutes between each high and low tide. Because of tidal resonance in the funnel-shaped bay, the tides that flow through the channel are very powerful. In one 12-hour tidal cycle, about 100 billion tons (110 billion short tons) of water flows in and out of the bay, which is twice as much as the combined total flow of all t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frye Island (New Brunswick)
Frye Island is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. Located in Sebago Lake, the island is accessed via a public car ferry from Raymond Neck, or by private boat. All residents of the resort town are seasonal. The majority of property owners hail from New England area states (Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont and New Hampshire) however there are many other states also represented on the island. Frye Island is vacant from November through April, and the ferry does not operate during that time due to the formation of thick ice during cold winter months. It is part of the Portland– South Portland–Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town had a population of 32 at the 2020 census. History It was included in the 1750 grant made by the Massachusetts General Court to Captain Moses Pearson, Captain Humphrey Hobbs and their respective companies of soldiers for services during the French and Indian Wars. Pearsontown Plantatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox Island (New Brunswick)
Fox Island(s) may refer to: Canada * Fox Island, Hermitage Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, a settlement * Fox Island, South Coast, Newfoundland and Labrador, a settlement * Fox Island, Lake Kipawa, Quebec, uninhabited, located on the north end of Lake Kipawa near Kipawa, Quebec * Fox Island, Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Quebec, uninhabited, located South of Harrington Harbour, Quebec in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence * Fox Islands (British Columbia), in that province's Central Coast region * Fox Island Main, Nova Scotia * Fox Island, New Brunswick * Fox Island, Ontario is a small island in Lake Simcoe forms the reserve of the Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation Falkland Islands * Fox Island, Falkland Islands United States *Fox Islands (Alaska) in the Aleutians * Fox Island (Alaska) near Seward in Resurrection Bay *The islands of North Haven and Vinalhaven in Penobscot Bay, Maine * Fox Island (Massachusetts) in the Charles River * Fox Islands (Michigan) in northern Lake Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
