Shepody Bay
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Shepody Bay (Template:Langx) is a tidal embayment, an extension of the Bay of Fundy in New Brunswick, Canada, which consists of Script error: No such module "convert". of open water and Template:Cvt of mudflats, with Template:Cvt of saline marsh on the west, and eroding sand and gravel beaches covering an area of approximately Template:Cvt on the eastern shore.[1] The intertidal mudflats "support internationally important numbers of the crustacean Corophium volutator, the principal food source for millions of fall migrating shorebirds".[1]
The surrounding area of Template:Cvt of coastal wetland was designated a Ramsar wetland of international importance on May 27, 1987,[1] is a globally significant Important Bird Area,[2] and is part of the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network.[1]
It is located about Script error: No such module "convert". south of Moncton. The nearest population centre is Riverside-Albert with a population of about 320. The Trans Canada Trail passes across part of Shepody Marsh.
Major streams feeding into the bay are the Shepody River, Petitcodiac River and Memramcook River. These three rivers gave the area its name under Acadian occupation in the seventeenth and eighteenth century, Trois Rivieres.
See also
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