'''Passamaquoddy Bay''' is an
inlet of the
Bay of Fundy, between
Maine and
New Brunswick, at the mouth of the
St. Croix River. Most of the bay lies within
Canada, with its southern shore formed by
Deer Island, New Brunswick, eastern and northern shores by mainland
Charlotte County, New Brunswick, and the western shore by
Washington County, Maine. The largest community on Passamaquoddy Bay proper is
St. Andrews, New Brunswick, although the twin communities of
Calais-
St. Stephen are sometimes included, despite being located on the St. Croix River, as well as the city of
Eastport, Maine, despite being located south of the bay on the nearby
Friar Roads.
The two entrances into Passamaquoddy Bay from the Bay of Fundy are the
Letete Passage east of Deer Island, and the
Western Passage to the west of Deer Island. The latter waterway also hosts the International Boundary between Canada and the United States.
Quoddy Project
A proposed regional development project for eastern Maine involving the construction of a
tidal harness for
electricity generation was started in 1935 with U.S.
Public Works Administration funding and with the blessing of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt whose summer home was on nearby Campobello Island. Also known as the
Quoddy Project, it proposed the blockage of
Cobscook Bay and Passamaquoddy Bay to use the resulting water level difference to generate electrical power. Part of this project was completed with tidal dykes built between Pleasant Point-Carlow Island-Moose Island. These barriers presently host the
Maine Central Railroad and Maine Highway 190. The project was suspended one year later after the United States Congress refused further funding, thus the actual barrier dams never being built.
Category:Bays of Canada
Category:Maine geography
Category:New Brunswick geography