Passamaquoddy Bay

45°05′N 67°05′W / 45.083°N 67.083°W / 45.083; -67.083

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Passamaquoddy Bay (French: Baie de Passamaquoddy) is an inlet of the Bay of Fundy, between the U.S. state of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick, at the mouth of the St. Croix River.^[1] Most of the bay lies within Canada, with its western shore bounded by Washington County, Maine. The southernmost point is formed by West Quoddy Head on the U.S. mainland in Lubec, Maine; and runs northeasterly through Campobello Island, New Brunswick, engulfing Deer Island, New Brunswick, to the New Brunswick mainland head at L'Etete, New Brunswick in Charlotte County, New Brunswick.

It was first settled at St. Croix Island in 1604, and later French colonies were set up on Indian Island and forts built by Sieur de St. Aubin, and Chartier although most French settlers were expelled by Benjamin Church in the years following King William's War - the Bay sat mostly unpopulated until the 1760s saw English settlement.^[2] While the exact location of St. Aubin's fort is unknown, it has been postulated to have been built on Campobello or Indian Island.^[3]