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The Tantramar Marshes are a National Wildlife Area on the southern part of the Isthmus of Chignecto, which joins Nova Scotia to New Brunswick and the Canadian mainland. A National Wildlife Area is a conservation status for a geographical region in Canada that restricts most human activities on that region The Isthmus of Chignecto is an Isthmus bordering the Maritime provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia which connects the Nova Scotia Nova Scotia (ˌnəʊvəˈskəʊʃə ( Latin for New Scotland; Alba Nuadh Nouvelle-Écosse is a Canadian province located on Canada 's New Brunswick ( French: Nouveau-Brunswick /nuvobʁɔnzwik/ is one of Canada 's three Maritime provinces and is the only constitutionally

The marshes penetrate inland from the Bay of Fundy for 10 kilometers. 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 Acadians, who called the region Beaubassin, built dikes in the early 1700s to stop the tidal influx of salt water, creating rich agricultural land on the deep sedimentary soils. This article is about the Acadian people and culture The Acadians (Acadiens are the descendants of the seventeenth-century French LeveeEmbankmentDitch A dike (or dyke) levee, levée, embankment, floodbank or stopbank is a natural or artificial

The name Tantramar is derived from the Acadian French "Tintamarre", meaning 'din' or 'racket', a reference to the noisy flocks of birds which feed there. This article is about the Acadian people and culture The Acadians (Acadiens are the descendants of the seventeenth-century French The marshes are an important stopover for migrating waterfowl such as semi-palmated Sandpipers and Canada Geese. "Sandpiper" redirects here For the 1965 film see The Sandpiper. The Canada Goose ( Branta canadensis) is a Goose belonging to the Genus Branta native to North America. Today the marshes are the site of two bird sanctuaries.

In the past, the Tantramar Marshes were called the "World's Largest Hayfield". The hay was shipped for commercial sale along the Eastern Seaboard and Europe as late as the 1930s. Hay is a generic term for grass or Legumes that have been cut dried and stored for use as animal feed, particularly for grazing animals like As a salt marsh, with its rich, sticky, red mud and soil, the hay grown there is high in iodine. A salt marsh is a type of Marsh that is a transitional intertidal between land and salty or Brackish water (e Iodine (ˈaɪədaɪn ˈaɪədɪn or /ˈaɪədiːn/ from ιώδης iodes "violet" is a Chemical element that has the symbol I and Atomic In a world where food additives were not yet being used, iodine-rich hay made the Tantramar a valuable source for healthy, high quality fodder. In Agriculture, fodder or animal feed is any Foodstuff that is used specifically to feed Domesticated Livestock, such as

A few historic hay barns still dot the landscape. In the 1930's there were over 400 post-and-beam hay barns scattered across the marsh. Today there are less than 30.

The following rivers drain from and around the marshes:

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Tantramar Region

Over time, the marshes have come to identify the overall inter-provincial region and include the following communities:

Nova Scotia

New Brunswick

The Tantramar Heritage Trust is a charity dedicated to preserving heritage resources related to this region. The Missaguash River is a small Canadian river that forms the southern portion of the inter-provincial boundary between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick on Amherst ( 2006 population 9505 UA population 9547) is a Canadian town in northwestern Cumberland County East Amherst is a Canadian rural community located in northwestern Cumberland County, Nova Scotia near the border with New Brunswick. Fort Lawrence is a Canadian rural community located on the Isthmus of Chignecto in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. Aulac is a Canadian rural community in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. Midgic is a Canadian rural community in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. Point de Bute is a community in Westmorland County in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada. Sackville (2006 population 5411 is a Canadian town in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. BoultenhouseHousejpg|thumb|220px|The Boultenhouse Heritage Centre was officially opened by the Tantramar Heritage Trust in September 2006

In The Arts

The landscape of the Tantramar Marshes has inspired such artists as the poets Charles G.D. Roberts and Douglas Lochhead, and the photographer Thaddeus Holownia. Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts KCMG, FRSC, BA ( January 10 1860 &ndash November 26 1943) was a Canadian Douglas Lochhead, FRSC (born March 25, 1922) is a Canadian poet living in Sackville, New Brunswick, of which town he is

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