Bay of Fundy International Marathon included over 500 registered runners and was held in June. The race provided significant economic benefits to the area. The 2014 edition featured fewer runners (286 total). The organizers attributed the decrease to the "Boston effect" whereas marathon runners chose other marathons in run in order to qualify for the 2014 Boston Marathon. Bay of Fundy International Marathon The Bay of Fundy International Marathon is a marathon between Lubec, Maine, United States and Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada. A 10K is also organized alongside the marathon. The 10K takes place entirely within Lubec. The race begins at West Quoddy Head
Straumfjörð Bay (near the southern tip of Nova Scotia) a better candidate. He notices that Samuel de Champlain named this bay ""Baye courante (’Stream Bay’), i.e. the same name as the Norse one"". Larsson further observes, The Bay of Fundy is claimed to have the highest tides in the world. Julius E. Olson (1911) pointed out that Fridtjof Nansen, taking a very sceptical stance, was dismissive of the idea of Vinland being located at Nova Scotia, partly because he held that the birdlife there would not match the extreme abundance which the saga describes on "Straumsey". Olson points, however, to the