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Review of Egyijet' Hydrof;p«tphtcal Investl-gfitiona 



Through surveys made by the Roy«l W«vy in 1848, 1862, 1865 

 «jnd 1866, the nature and configuration of the bottom was determined, 

 while tides and tidal currents were investigated by the Canadian 

 Department of Marine and Fisheries (Dawson 1908, 1917; Anderson 1930). 

 Investigations into the physical and chemical aspects of oceanography 

 in the Bay of Fundy beR'^n in 1916 (Craipie 1915 j Craigle and Chase 

 1918; and Vachon 1918), Idavor (1922) wade use of D<^wson's results 

 to determine the resultant movements in certain localities. He ex- 

 tended this work by drift bottle investigations, and frdm the com- 

 bined results worked out the general circulation of the wacers of the 

 region. Mavor (1923) fiirnished a general picture of the hydrographic 

 conditions in the Bay of Fundy by studying the distributions of 

 teiaperature and salinity« Intensive ^ork in years around 1930 have 

 attempted to account for the factors controlling the conditions as 

 found. 



The data in this paper were collected over a period of years, 

 and are discussed in the following orders 



(a) A general survey of the Bay of Fundy in 1929. 



(b) A survey of the Passamaquoddy region in 1929. 



(c) A survey of the freahet waters of the Saint John River 

 Estuary in 1950a 



(d) TeTriper>8tu.re and salinity variations in the wgitera of the 

 Bay of Fundy during the period between 1924 and 1930. 



(e) Surface water temperatures in the Bay of Fundy during the 

 period between 1929 and 1931. 



