The Minas Basin is an inlet of the Bay of Fundy located in Nova Scotia, Canada. Tides Folklore in the Mi'kmaq First Nation claims that the tides in the Bay of Fundy are caused by a giant whale splashing in the water Nova Scotia (ˌnəʊvəˈskəʊʃə ( Latin for New Scotland; Alba Nuadh Nouvelle-Écosse is a Canadian province located on Canada 's Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page

Geography

Map showing: (1) Minas Channel, (2) Central Minas Basin, (3) Cobequid Bay, (4) Southern Bight

Boundary

The Minas Basin forms the eastern part of the Bay of Fundy which splits at Cape Chignecto and is delineated by the massive headland of Cape Split. Cape Chignecto is a headland located on the Bay of Fundy coast of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Cape Split is a headland located on the Bay of Fundy coast of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. The Minas Basin is split into four sections: Cobequid Bay, from the mouth of the Salmon River to a narrow point between Economy and the Noel Shore; Central Minas Basin, from the mouth of Cobequid Bay to the narrow point between Parrsboro and Cape Blomidon; the Southern Bight, from the mouth of the Avon River to the narrow point between Cape Blomidon and the Noel Shore; and the Minas Channel, from Central Minas Basin to the narrow line between Cape Chignecto and the Annapolis Valley Shore. Cobequid Bay is an inlet of the Bay of Fundy and the easternmost part of the Minas Basin, located in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Economy is an unincorporated community of approximately 200 people located along the north Shore of the Minas Basin / Cobequid Bay, at approximately Parrsboro (2006 population 1401 is a Canadian town located in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. The Annapolis Valley is a valley in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. ^[1]

Several important rivers in Nova Scotia drain into the Minas Basin: Shubenacadie River, Cornwallis River, Avon River, and the Salmon River. The Shubenacadie River is a river in Nova Scotia, Canada. It has a meander length of approximately 52 km from its source at Shubenacadie Grand The Cornwallis River is a river in Nova Scotia, Canada. It has a meander length of approximately 48 km from its source in Caribou Bog near Berwick This is about a river in Nova Scotia For other rivers of the same name see River Avon The Avon River is a small Canadian River The Salmon River is a Canadian river in central Nova Scotia 's Colchester County. Lesser rivers include the Diligent River, Farrell River, and Debert River. Farrell River is a small river that flows from MacAloney's Lake into Parrsboro Harbour on the Minas Basin near the town of Parrsboro, Nova Scotia.

Tides

Burntcoat Head, located on the "Noel Shore" along the south side of the Minas Basin, is the location of the highest tidal range ever recorded on the planet (during a spring tide only) and has one of the highest average tidal ranges every day. Burntcoat Head is an unincorporated Canadian community in Hants County, Nova Scotia. Characteristics A tide is a repeated cycle of sea level changes in the following stages Over several hours the water rises or advances up a beach in the flood The waters of Minas Bay exchange with the main part of the Bay of Fundy through the Minas Channel which flows between Cape Split and Cape Sharp, creating extremely strong tidal currents. The water in the Minas Basin is brown due to large amounts of suspended silt.

Communities

Several communities border the Minas Basin or the rivers that flow into it. They include Great Village, Bass River, Five Islands, Economy, Truro, Windsor, Parrsboro, and Wolfville. Great Village is a community of approximately 500 people located along Trunk 2 and the north shore of Cobequid Bay in Colchester County Nova Scotia Bass River is an unincorporated Rural Community in western Colchester County, north-central Nova Scotia, in the Maritimes Five Islands is a rural community in Colchester County Nova Scotia with a population of 300 located on the north shore of the Minas Basin, home of Economy is an unincorporated community of approximately 200 people located along the north Shore of the Minas Basin / Cobequid Bay, at approximately Truro (2006 population 11765; Urban area population 22777, conglomeration area population 45777 is a Town in Windsor is a small town located in central Nova Scotia at the junction of the Avon and St Parrsboro (2006 population 1401 is a Canadian town located in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. Historically, the last two of those communities, along with smaller Kingsport were connected by the MV Kipawo ferry [1], whose name was derived from the three communities.

Parks

Provincial parks ([2]) at Anthony (near Truro), Five Islands, and Cape Blomidon allow visitors to enjoy and explore the Minas Basin. Blomidon Provincial Park is a camping and day-use park located on the shores of the Minas Basin in Nova Scotia, Canada.

History

The Mi'kmaq were the first people to inhabit the area around the Minas Basin. The Míkmaq or Mi'kmaq (miːgmax sometimes spelled Micmac in English and formerly Mìgmaq ( Mi'gmaq) in Míkmaw) are a Mi'kmaq tradition ties the god Glooscap in with significant geographical features such as Cape Blomidon and Five Islands. Glooscap (also spelled Gluskabe, Glooskap, Gluskabi, Kluscap, Kloskomba, or Gluskab) is a mythical Culture hero Five Islands is a rural community in Colchester County Nova Scotia with a population of 300 located on the north shore of the Minas Basin, home of

After being discovered by the Europeans, the area was settled by the French and British. The European peoples are the various Nations and Ethnic groups of Europe. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Kingdom of Great Britain, also known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain, was a State in northwest Europe, in existence from 1707 to 1800 The French had a particularly significant impact of the area in that they reclaimed considerable farmland through the use of dykes and aboiteaux. LeveeEmbankmentDitch A dike (or dyke) levee, levée, embankment, floodbank or stopbank is a natural or artificial Dyke systems are still used near Truro and Wolfville at Port Williams and Grand Pré. Truro (2006 population 11765; Urban area population 22777, conglomeration area population 45777 is a Town in Grand-Pré is a Canadian rural community in Kings County, Nova Scotia. In 1755, the British forcibly expelled the over 12,000 Acadians from Grand Pré in what became known as the Grand Dérangement, or Great Expulsion. Year 1755 ( MDCCLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or The Association for Computer Aided Design In Architecture ( ACADIA) is a Non-profit organization active in the area of Computer-aided architectural design The Great Upheaval, also known as the Great Expulsion, The Deportation, the Acadian Expulsion, or to the deportees Le Grand Dérangement, was

The communities around the Minas Basin were sustained by fishing, logging, farming, mining, boat building and shipbuilding. For the computer security term see Phishing. Fishing is the activity of catching Fish. Logging is the process in which Trees are cut down for Forest management and Timber. Agriculture refers to the production of goods through the growing of plants and fungi and the raising of domesticated Animals The study of agriculture Mining is the extraction of valuable Minerals or other geological materials from the earth usually (but not always from an Ore body Boat building, one of the oldest branches of Engineering, is concerned with constructing the hulls of boats and for Sailboats the masts See also Shipbuilding (song. Shipbuilding is the construction of Ships It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a In the late 19th Century the Basin's shipyards produced some of the highest volumes of wooden ships in Canadian history, including the William D. Lawrence, the largest wooden ship built in Canada. The water also provided a means of transporting commodities. Mining included gypsum (several locations), iron (Londonderry), barite (Walton), and manganese (several locations). Iron (ˈаɪɚn is a Chemical element with the symbol Fe (ferrum and Atomic number 26 Baryte ( Ba[[Sulfur S]] O 4 is a Mineral consisting of Barium sulfate. Manganese (ˈmæŋgəniːz is a Chemical element, designated by the symbol Mn. Today, gypsum it still shipped from Hantsport. Hantsport is a rural Canadian town and seaport located in the western part of Hants County, Nova Scotia

Nature

Marine mammals include seals and porpoises. Marine mammals are a diverse group of roughly 120 species of Mammal that are primarily Ocean -dwelling or depend on the ocean for food Pinnipeds ("fin-feet" lit "winged feet" or fin-footed mammals are a widely distributed and diverse group of semi-aquatic marine Mammals comprising Porpoises are Small Cetaceans of the Family Phocoenidae; they are related to Whales and Dolphins They are distinct from dolphins Fish include bass, and flounder. Fish are aquatic Vertebrate animals that are typically ectothermic (previously Cold-blooded) covered with scales, and equipped with two Bass (ˈbæs is a name shared by many different species of popular Gamefish. Flounder (rarely fluke) are Flatfish that live in ocean waters ie Lobster, crabs, mussels, and clams are common. Clawed lobsters compose a family ( Nephropidae, sometimes also Homaridae) of large marine Crustaceans Lobsters are economically important as Crabs are decapod Crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (βραχύ / brachy The common name mussel is used for members of several different families of Clams or Bivalve Molluscs, from both saltwater and freshwater habitats Clam is a word which can be used for all some or only a few Species of Bivalve Mollusks the word is a Common name which has Many types of seaweed, sponges, worms, seajellys and more are also found. Seaweed is a loose colloquial term encompassing macroscopic Multicellular, benthic marine Algae. The sponges or poriferans (from Latin porus "pore" and ferre "to bear" are Animals Worms (voɐms is a City in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Rhine River Birds include sandpipers, terns (visitors only), eagles, falcons, seagulls, herons, and kingfishers. Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. "Sandpiper" redirects here For the 1965 film see The Sandpiper. Terns are Seabirds in the family Sternidae, previously considered a subfamily (Sterninae of the gull family Laridae (van Tuinen et al There several sports teams with the name Falcons or similar Atlanta Falcons, an NFL (American football team Springfield Falcons, an Gulls (often informally Seagulls) are birds in the family Laridae The herons are wading Birds in the Ardeidae family Some are called Egrets or Bitterns instead of herons Kingfishers are small bright colored Birds of the three families Alcedinidae ( River kingfishers, Halcyonidae ( Tree kingfishers, and Cerylidae ( Water

Minerals include a variety zeolites at Cape Split, the area around Parrsboro and Five Islands. A mineral is a naturally occurring substance formed through geological processes that has a characteristic chemical composition a highly ordered atomic structure and specific Zeolites (Greek zein, "to boil" lithos, "a stone" are hydrated Aluminosilicate Minerals and have a micro-porous structure These include stilbite, heulandite, analcime, chabazite, and gmelinite. Stilbite is a tectosilicate Mineral of the Zeolite group consisting of hydrated Calcium Aluminium Silicate, Na[[calcium Heulandite is the name of a series of tecto-silicate Minerals of the Zeolite group Analcime or analcite (from the Greek analkimos - "weak" is a white grey or colourless tectosilicate Mineral. Chabazite is a tectosilicate Mineral of the Zeolite group with formula (CaNa2K2MgAl2Si4O12·6H2O Gypsum is found at Blomidon, Clarke Head, and near Windsor in both the colorless variety (selenite) and the fibrous variety (satin spar), the latter sometimes being bright orange. Gypsum is a very soft Mineral composed of Calcium sulfate dihydrate with the Chemical formula Ca[[sulfur S]] O 4·2 Windsor is a small town located in central Nova Scotia at the junction of the Avon and St Other minerals include pyrite, calcite, barite, manganite, and pyrolusite. Calcite is a carbonate mineral and the most stable polymorph of Calcium carbonate ( Ca[[carbon C]] O 3 Baryte ( Ba[[Sulfur S]] O 4 is a Mineral consisting of Barium sulfate. Manganite is a Mineral. Its composition is Manganese Oxide - Hydroxide, MnO(OH crystallizing in the Orthorhombic system Pyrolusite is a Mineral consisting essentially of Manganese dioxide ( Mn[[oxygen O]]2 and is important as an Ore of manganese

Fossils are found near Parrsboro, Blue Beach and other areas along the Avon River. FOSSIL is a standard protocol for allowing serial communication for Telecommunications programs under the DOS Operating system. Parrsboro (2006 population 1401 is a Canadian town located in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. Rarely, fossils have been found at Evangeline Beach, Burncoat Head, and other locations. These fossils include various shells (brachiopods, molluscs), sponges, trees, reptiles, and dinosaurs. Brachiopods (from Latin brachium, arm + New Latin -poda, foot are a small phylum of Benthic Invertebrates Also Molluscs are animals belonging to the phylum Mollusca. There are around 250000 extant Species within the phylum with an estimated 70000 The sponges or poriferans (from Latin porus "pore" and ferre "to bear" are Animals A tree is a perennial Woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or Reptiles, or members of the class Reptilia are air-breathing Cold-blooded Vertebrates that have skin covered in scales as opposed to hair or feathers Trace fossils include footprints, fish fin-tracks, and raindrop inprints. Trace fossils, also called ichnofossils (ˈɪknoʊfɒsɨl ιχνος or ikhnos meaning "trace" or "track" are geological records of biological A fossil trackway is a type of Fossil impression a Trackway made by a once living organism usually by its feet They range from the beginning of the Carboniferous to the Jurassic. The Carboniferous is a geologic period and system that extends from the end of the Devonian period about 359 The Jurassic is a geologic period and system that extends from about Ma (million years ago to  Ma that is from the end of the Triassic to the beginning They were deposited when the region was warm and tropical, later when it was covered by a shallow sea, and later still when it was a desert. The Tropics are centered on the Equator and limited in Latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere at approximately 23°26' (23 A desert is a Landscape or region that receives very little precipitation.

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