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Chebogue Point on the south, to the Point of Main on the north, hn a 

 n width of 87 miles (161 km.), ^nd nn dversge depth of 47 fathoms 

 (85 m,). The area of the Bny is nbout 3,000 sq. mi » (7,770 sq , km,). 

 At its head, the Bgy of Fundy divides into Chignecto hs.j on the 

 north vifith .■^verfige depths ranging from. 20 to 8 fathoms (3G-15 m.,), 

 and Min'^s Chf?nnel leading into Kin^s Bqsin to the east and south with 

 average depths rnnging from 30 to 5 fathoms (55-9 m.,). At Cape 

 Chignecto, where the ^f^j f oi'ks , the width is 30 miles (48 1cm „) , with 

 qn pvernge depth of 22 fnthoms (40 m,), AboA/^e Cape Chignecto, the 

 contraction in width and shdllov/ing in depth takes pl^^ce even m-ore 

 rapidly th«n in the 3<ay Itself, 



Pnss«',mnquoddy Bay, situated close inside the entrpnce of the Bay 

 of Fundy on the northwestern shore, is « large enclosed bay «(verQging 

 15-20 fathom.?! (27-56 m,) in depth nnd communicates with the Bpiy of 

 Fundy by two main channels. Western Passage pnd Letlte Passage, 



An im.pcrtant feature which pl'^ys n major role in influencing the 

 hydrographic conditions in the -^ay of F'undy is C^^nd Manan Island 

 together ivith its off -lying shoals. These features together occupy 

 nearly h^^lf the entrance to the Bgy^ which divides into two channels, 

 Grand Manan Channel and Southeastern Channel, 



On the southeastern side of the mouth of the Bay of Fundy is St, 

 Mary Bay, connected to the Boy of Fundy by Grand Passage and Petite 

 Passage. The depth of St, Mary Bay gradually decreases from about 20 

 fatliom.s (36 m,) at its mouth to the shallow upper end. Just above St, 

 Mary Bay, on the samje side of the Boy of Fundy, Dlgby Gut opens into 

 Annapolis Basin, Directly across the B^y from Dlgby Gut is the 

 estuary of the Saint John River, 



The bottom configuration appears to play an important part in 



