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The two entrances into Passamaquoddy Bay from the Bay of Fundy are the Letete Passage east of Deer Island, and the Western Passage to the west of Deer Island. The latter waterway also hosts the International Boundary between Canada and the United States.

Quoddy Project

A proposed regional development project for eastern Maine involving the construction of a tidal harness for electrical power generation was started in 1935Events January January 1 Italian colonies of Tripoli and Kyrenaika are joined together as Libya January 7 World War II: Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French foreign minister Pierre Laval conclude agreement in which each power undertakes not to oppo with U.S. Public Works AdministrationThe Public Works Administration of 1933 was a New Deal agency that made contracts with private firms for construction of public works. It was headed by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. The Public Works Administration (PWA) was created by the National I funding and with the blessing of President Franklin Delano RooseveltFranklin Delano Roosevelt Order 32nd President Term of Office March 4, 1933 April 12, 1945 Predecessor Herbert Hoover Successor Harry S. Truman Date of Birth January 30, 1882 Place of Birth Hyde Park, New York Date of Death April 12, 1945 Place of Death W whose summer home was on nearby Campobello Island. Also known as the Quoddy Project, it proposed the blockage of Cobscook BayCobscook Bay is located in Washington County in the state of Maine. It opens into the Bay of Fundy immediately south of the city of Eastport and adjacent to Passamaquoddy Bay. In the 1930s, Cobscook Bay was part of the aborted Quoddy Project to generate e and Passamaquoddy Bay to use the resulting water level difference to generate electrical power. Part of this project was completed with tidal dykes built between Pleasant Point - Carlow Island - Moose Island . These barriers presently host the Maine Central Railroad and Maine Highway 190 . The project was suspended one year later after the United States CongressThe United States Congress is the legislative branch of the United States federal government. The structure and responsibilities of Congress are defined in Article One of the United States Constitution. The United States Congress is bicameral, meaning tha refused further funding, thus the actual barrier dams never being built.