Bay of Fundy Nature Conservancy of Canada. Some sources believe the name "Fundy" is a corruption of the French word "Fendu", meaning "split", while others believe it comes from the Portuguese "funda", meaning "deep". The bay was also named Baie Française (French Bay) by Samuel de Champlain during a 1604 expedition to St. Croix Island. The Bay of Fundy has a high tidal range. Oceanographers attribute it to tidal resonance resulting from a coincidence of timing: the time it takes a large wave to go from the mouth of the bay to the inner shore and back is practically the same as the
Between the Tides Between the Tides Part of Stanford University’s Spatial History Project, headed by Richard White (historian), Between the Tides is a digital history project that seeks to show how the San Francisco Bay and its shoreline have changed over time by overlaying seemingly disparate data sets. More generally, because of the bay’s “twin character as both urban and natural,” this project aims to provide insights into the complicated and constantly changing relationship between society and nature. "Between the Tides"' principal investigator is Matthew Booker, a visiting assistant professor from North Carolina State University whose work focuses on the relationship between humans