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Passamaquoddy Bay

American  

noun

  1. an inlet of the Bay of Fundy, between Maine and New Brunswick, at the mouth of the St. Croix River.


Passamaquoddy Bay British  
/ ˌpæsəməˈkwɒdɪ /

noun

  1. an inlet of the Bay of Fundy between New Brunswick (Canada) and Maine (US) at the mouth of the St Croix River

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It calls for great sea walls, with water gates to shut the 100 sq. mi. of Passamaquoddy Bay into an upper pool.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had already promised millions for a great dam on Passamaquoddy Bay, Maine.

From Time Magazine Archive

Army engineers had rejected a proposed PWA project to spend $48,000,000 to harness the huge tides of Passamaquoddy Bay.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rising and falling tides contain huge power; hence a project is under way for dams and spillways where Maine and New Brunswick meet at Passamaquoddy Bay.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thence they sailed round the head of the Bay of Fundy, coasted its northern shore, visited and named the river St. John, and anchored at last in Passamaquoddy Bay.

From Pioneers of France in the New World by Parkman, Francis

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