Bay of Fundy
- proper noun
- But away from Route 1 are equally attractive places along the shore of the Bay of Fundy: Parkers Cove, Hampton, Margaretsville.
Examples
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Many traditional fishermen in the Bay of Fundy have branched into salmon farming as an additional source of income to supplement a fishery that is not thriving.
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This encompasses North Carolina to the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank (U.S. and Canadian portions), and the western Bay of Fundy in New Brunswick.
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Sampling the Bay of Fundy
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The estuaries of British Columbia and the Bay of Fundy in Canada are also home to many salmon-growing operations.
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The purpose of SDDF was to facilitate the transfer of salmonid sea cage culture technology to the aquaculture industry in the Bay of Fundy.
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By 1989, a total of 38 salmon farms were raising Atlantic salmon in the Bay of Fundy region, and that number was expected to increase to 44 farms by the end of the year.
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The lower Bay of Fundy, from Deer Island to Eastport, is dotted with small islands and sheltered bays that are ideal for salmon farming.
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Farm-raised salmon are grown in net pens in estuaries in Canada's Bay of Fundy and in British Columbia, and in coastal bays in Maine and Washington in the United States.
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Away from the ocean and the Bay of Fundy, the central part of Nova Scotia is a little like the tundra with bigger trees—lots of lakes and spruce bogs.
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The upper reaches of the Bay of Fundy boast the highest tides on Earth.
Synonyms
A large bay on Canada's Atlantic coast with the highest tides in the world
Surface Forms
Morphology
The expression follows the regular toponymic pattern 'bay of X' where 'bay' + 'of' + a proper name denotes a coastal inlet named Fundy. A B1 learner who knows 'bay' and 'of' will therefore infer it refers to a bay called Fundy (i.e. the coastal inlet), so the meaning is compositionally transparent.
Etymology
Bay of Fundy may get its name from old French; the part Fundy may come from a word meaning 'split'. One popular story says this image fits the place because the very high 'tides' seem to open and close the shore, so the name became linked to the bay's famous tides.