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Shepody Bay

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Coordinates:45°48′N64°33′W / 45.800°N 64.550°W /45.800; -64.550

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Tidal embayment in New Brunswick, Canada

Shepody Bay
Interactive map of Shepody Bay
Coordinates	45°48′N64°33′W / 45.800°N 64.550°W /45.800; -64.550
Area	122 km² (47 sq mi)

Ramsar Wetland
Designated	27 May 1987
Reference no.	363^[1]

Shepody Bay (French:Baie de Chipoudy) is a tidal embayment, an extension of theBay of Fundy in New Brunswick, Canada, which consists of 77 square kilometres (30 mi²) of open water and 40 km² (15 mi²) ofmudflats, with 4 km² (1.5 mi²) of salinemarsh on the west, anderoding sand andgravel beaches covering an area of approximately 1 km² (0.39 mi²) on the eastern shore.^[2] The intertidal mudflats "support internationally important numbers of the crustaceanCorophium volutator, the principal food source for millions of fallmigrating shorebirds".^[2]

The surrounding area of 122 km² (47 mi²) of coastalwetland was designated a Ramsarwetland of international importance on May 27, 1987,^[2] is a globally significantImportant Bird Area,^[3] and is part of theWestern Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network.^[2]

It is located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) south ofMoncton. The nearest population centre isRiverside-Albert with a population of about 320. TheTrans Canada Trail passes across part of Shepody Marsh.

Major streams feeding into the bay are theShepody River,Petitcodiac River andMemramcook River. These three rivers gave the area its name under Acadian occupation in the seventeenth and eighteenth century, Trois Rivieres.

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^"Shepody Bay".Ramsar Sites Information Service.Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved25 April 2018.
^^a ^b ^c ^d"The Annotated Ramsar List: Canada".The Annotated Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance. Ramsar Convention Bureau. 10 January 2000. Archived fromthe original on 29 January 2008. Retrieved30 January 2008.
^"Shepody Bay West". IBA Canada.Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved30 January 2008.

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Gulf of Maine estuaries

Maine

Bays	Blue Hill Bay Casco Bay Chandler Bay Dennys Bay Englishman Bay Frenchman Bay Harrington Bay Machias Bay Maquoit Bay Merrymeeting Bay Muscongus Bay Narraguagus Bay Passamaquoddy Bay Penobscot Bay Pleasant Bay Saco Bay Wohoa Bay
River mouths	Batson River Benjamin River Cape Neddick River Damariscotta River Johns River Jordan River Josias River Kennebunk River Little River (Boothbay) Little River (Drakes Island) Little River (Georgetown) Little River (Goosefare Bay) Little River (York) Morse River Mousam River Ogunquit River Pemaquid River Piscataqua River Sheepscot River Sprague River Webhannet River York River

Massachusetts

Bays	Cape Cod Bay Massachusetts Bay
River mouths	Annisquam River Eagle Hill River Egypt River Ipswich River Jericho Creek Merrimack River Roger Island River Rowley River Skug River

New Brunswick

Bays	Bay of Fundy Chignecto Bay Cumberland Basin Passamaquoddy Bay Shepody Bay
River mouths	Big Salmon River Quiddy River Saint John River

New Hampshire

River mouths	Blackwater River Hampton River Piscataqua River

Nova Scotia

Bays	Bay of Fundy Annapolis Basin Cobequid Bay Cumberland Basin Minas Basin St. Marys Bay
River mouths	Tusket River

Rivers of New Brunswick bydrainage system

Bay of Fundy

Cumberland Basin	Missaguash River
Chignecto Bay	Upper Salmon River
Passamaquoddy Bay	Magaguadavic River St. Croix River
Watershed of Saint John River	Aroostook River Becaguimec Stream Canaan River Hammond River Iroquois River Jemseg River Kennebecasis River Keswick River Little Iroquois River Madawaska River Meduxnekeag River Nashwaak River Nerepis River North Branch Meduxnekeag River Oromocto River River De Chute Saint Francis River Saint John River Salmon River Tobique River Wolastoq
Shepody Bay (watershed of Petitcodiac River)	Jonathan Creek Memramcook River Petitcodiac River Turtle Creek
Others	Big Salmon River Quiddy River

Gulf of
Saint Lawrence

Chaleur Bay (watershed of Restigouche River)	Belle Kedgwick River Gounamitz River Kedgwick River Little Main Restigouche River Little Southeast Upsalquitch River North Branch Gounamitz River Northwest Upsalquitch River Patapédia River Popelogan River Restigouche River South Branch Kedgwick River Southeast Upsalquitch River Upsalquitch River West Branch Gounamitz River
Miramichi Bay (watershed ofMiramichi River)	Barnaby River Bartholomew River Bartibog River Cains River Dungarvon River Little Southwest Miramichi River Miramichi River Napan River North Pole Stream Northwest Miramichi River Oyster River Renous River Sevogle River Southwest Miramichi River Tuadook River
Northumberland Strait	Buctouche River Gaspereau River Kouchibouguac River Kouchibouguacis River Molus River Richibucto River
Watershed ofSaint Lawrence River	Rimouski River
Others	Black River Caraquet River Nepisiguit River Pokemouche River Rivière du Nord

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