The Geneml Hydroprgphy of the Vi/aters of the Bay o f F'undy 



by 



H. B„ Hffchey 

 ( revised by H. B, Hgchey gnd W. B. Bailey) 



Introduction 



This report, bpsed on surveys In the Bqy of Fundy by Hnchey in 

 1929 and 1930, Is essentially a re-Issue of the original manuscript 

 report of the work carried out pt that time (Hachey 1931). The original 

 work (Hachey 1931) has been re-arranged v/lth some alterations in general 

 presentation to make it available to interested groups. The only major 

 work in the Bqy of Fundy, since these surveys, was made by the Inter- 

 national Passamoquoddy Fisheries Commission in 1932 (Wqtson 1935) » Thus 

 this work st-^nds as a major contribution to the knowledge of the general 

 hydrography of the Briy of Fundy. 



The enormous tides of the Bay of Ftandy have made th.ese waters 

 well known the v/orld over. The conditions produced by these tides m.ake 

 the region one of the utmost interest and importance to the oce^nographer « 

 However the rapid changes in the hydrographic conditions caused by the 

 ebb and flood of large masses of water over such an extensive area pre- 

 sents a problem that allows present sampling methods to give only a 

 picture of the general hydrographic conditions in this area. 



Considerable hydrographic data have been collected also, over a 

 period of ye^rs, in connection with problems of marine biology, and 

 these data are also used to present a long term picture of the hydro- 

 graphic conditions o 

 Description of the Region 



The Bpiy of Fundy (figure l) is ^n area of the Atlantic Oces^n, 

 separating the province of Nova Scotia from Nrw Brunswick and the State 

 of Ifaine. The mouth of the ^f\j , usually defined by a line drawn from 



