Bay of Fundy so-called "plaster war" of 1820. The Bay of Fundy's ports and basins became major shipbuilding and shipping centres in the 19th century. Led at first by shipbuilders such as James Moran of St. Martins, New Brunswick, shipbuilding spread to all shores of the Bay of Fundy. Shipbuilders such as Joseph Salter in Moncton and William D. Lawrence of Maitland, Nova Scotia constructed some of the largest sailing ships ever built in Canada. Among other accomplishments, Fundy ports produced the fastest ship in the world, the ship ; the largest wooden ship ever built in Canada, the ship ; and the
The Tides of Manaunaun The Tides of Manaunaun The Tides of Manaunaun is a short piano piece in B minor by American composer Henry Cowell (1897–1965). It premiered publicly in 1917, serving as a prelude to a theatrical production, "The Building of Banba". "The Tides of Manaunaun" is the best known of Cowell's many tone cluster pieces. "The Building of Banba", for which "The Tides of Manaunaun" was composed, was based on Irish mythological poems by the theosophist John Osborne Varian. "The Building of Banba" has been described by some scholars as a "pageant" or "play", and by Cowell himself (more than fifty years