Chignecto Bay

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Chignecto Bay is a northeastern arm of the Bay of Fundy, noted for its extreme tidal range and coastal mudflats between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Canada.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chignecto Isthmus 2
Chignecto Bay canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf arm of a bay ⓘ
bay ⓘ
climateRegion humid continental climate ⓘ
connectedTo Cumberland Basin ⓘ
Minas Basin ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
formsSubbay Cumberland Basin ⓘ
Minas Basin ⓘ
hasCharacteristic coastal mudflats ⓘ
extreme tidal range ⓘ
macrotidal environment ⓘ
hasEcosystemType coastal wetlands ⓘ
intertidal mudflats ⓘ
salt marshes ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance early Acadian settlement area ⓘ
transport and shipping route in the Bay of Fundy ⓘ
hasHydrologicalFeature large tidal bore potential in connected rivers ⓘ
strong tidal currents ⓘ
hasNameOrigin derived from the name Chignecto for the surrounding region ⓘ
hasNearbyCommunity Advocate Harbour, Nova Scotia ⓘ
Dorchester, New Brunswick ⓘ
Joggins, Nova Scotia ⓘ
hasNearbyIsthmus Isthmus of Chignecto ⓘ
hasNearbyTown Amherst, Nova Scotia ⓘ
Sackville, New Brunswick ⓘ
hasSedimentType fine-grained marine mud ⓘ
sand flats ⓘ
hasTidalRangeType one of the highest tidal ranges in the world ⓘ
importantFor coastal fisheries ⓘ
migratory shorebirds ⓘ
influencedBy Bay of Fundy tides ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean watershed ⓘ
Bay of Fundy ⓘ
New Brunswick ⓘ
Nova Scotia ⓘ
locatedInRegion Atlantic Canada ⓘ
Maritime Provinces ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf New Brunswick ⓘ
Nova Scotia ⓘ
nameLanguage English ⓘ
separates New Brunswick ⓘ
Nova Scotia ⓘ
usedFor birdwatching ⓘ
ecotourism ⓘ
fishing ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bay of Fundy → hasSubBay → Chignecto Bay ⓘ
Father Le Loutre's War → location → Chignecto Isthmus ⓘ
linked to: Chignecto Bay
Cumberland County, Nova Scotia → contains → Chignecto Isthmus ⓘ
linked to: Chignecto Bay