Chignecto Bay

Chignecto Bay (French: Baie de Chignectou) is an inlet of the Bay of Fundy located between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and separated from the waters of the Northumberland Strait by the Isthmus of Chignecto.

Chignecto bay was also the site of an unsuccessful railway and canal project of the 1880s and 1890s that would have intersected the landmass, thereby providing a transit passage between New England and Prince Edward Island.

[2] Some of the physical remnants of the 1880s project still continue to dot the landscape of Chignecto Bay today.

Chignecto is derived from the Mi'kmaq language, but its exact etymology is unclear.

It includes the 10.2 km2 John Lusby National Wildlife Area, which is recognized as a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance since October 1985.

Chignecto Bay is the north-east arm of the Bay of Fundy.
Chignecto Bay viewed from Joggins Fossil Cliffs . In the distance is Cape Maringouin with the coast of New Brunswick visible on the horizon.