Chart of the Bay of Fundy, Compiled from Various Manuscript Documents in the Hydrographical Office of the Admiralty. 1824 Sheet 2nd.

Rare, large scale Hydrographic chart dated May 1st. 1824, without additions or updates published by the British Admiralty.

A wonderful example, with strong clear printing on an uncut sheet, free of tears or repairs. Although the chart does not have any additions or updates noted and a published date of May 1st. 1824, the chart is actually printed on paper that has a watermark ‘Ruse & Turner’ and a date of 1844.

The Bay of Fundy is situated between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with a small portion touching the U.S. state of Maine. It is an arm of the Gulf of Maine. The Bay has a unique tidal system with the daily tidal range is about 16 metres and because of tidal resonance in the funnel-shaped bay, the tides that flow through the channel are very powerful. In one half-day tidal cycle, about 100 billion tonnes of water flow in and out of the bay, which is twice as much as the combined total flow of all the rivers of the world over the same period.