HMCS Fundy (J88) HMCS Fundy (J88) HMCS "Fundy" was a that served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1938 to 1945. The minesweeper was the first warship built for Canada since 1918. She saw service in the Atlantic Ocean during the Second World War. The vessel was named for the Bay of Fundy. After the war she had an extensive civilian career. In 1936, new minesweepers were ordered for the Royal Canadian Navy. Based on the British , those built on the east coast would cost $318,000 per vessel. At the outbreak of the Second World War, the Royal Canadian Navy considered constructing
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