Fundy Basin Fundy Basin The Fundy Basin is a sediment-filled rift basin on the Atlantic coast of southeastern Canada. It contains three sub-basins; the Fundy sub-basin, the Minas Basin and the Chignecto Basin. These arms meet at the Bay of Fundy, which is contained within the rift valley. From the Bay of Fundy, the Minas Basin trends northeast to Nova Scotia. Chignecto Bay runs from the Bay of Fundy northwest between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia which is separated from the waters of the Northumberland Strait by the Isthmus of Chignecto. The Fundy Basin is best known for the bay it contains.
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