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Situated on the east coast
of Canada, at the upper end of the Bay of Fundy, straddling
the modern-day border between the Provinces of New Brunswick
and Nova Scotia, the Tantramar region exists in
one of the largest tidal saltmarshes on the Atlantic coast
of North America.
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Retrieval Number: 9020/1
Map of the Dykelands.
Mount Allison University Archives, Thaddeus Holownia fonds.
May be reproduced only with permission of Thaddeus Holownia through the Mount
Allison University Archives.
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Where are the Tantramar
Marshes? |
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Comprising one of the largest
areas of contiguous marshland on the east coast of North
America, the Tantramar Marshes have been divided into separate
areas historically, as displayed in this map. Individually-owned
marsh lots were managed collectively as 'bodies of marsh'
by the Commissioners of Sewers from the late 18th century
to the mid-20th century. This map shows the general locations
of these marsh bodies, using their common names as well as
their particular designation as 'sewer districts' in some
cases. The urban area of the Town of Sackville developed
in the early to mid-nineteenth century immediately adjacent
to these marshes, to the west of the Dixon Island Marsh and
north of the Lower Mill Creek Marsh. |
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Map title: Generalized Location Map of Tantramar
Marshes, 2004
Map design R. Summerby-Murray and C. Calder.
Sources: Created from archival maps in
Mount Allison University Archives, Accessions 7740/2/6/3,5,7;
7832/1/6/6,8; 8317/9/4,5.
May be reproduced only with permission of R. Summerby-Murray
through the Mount Allison University Archives. |
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