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Eastport Info:
Population (1990): 1965 Location: 44.91889 N, 67.01204 W Zip Code(s): 04631 04652
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High & low tides:
The Bay of Fundy--which has the greatest tidal range in the world (over 50 feet in some places!)--the tidal range here is impressive. The pull of gravity from the Moon and the Sun are the primary cause for tides. The effect is the greatest when the Moon and Sun are in a straight line with the Earth--called "syzygy" (sih' zuh gee)--which occurs during a Full Moon, New Moon, and during a Lunar and a Solar Eclipse.
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Salmon Aquaculture:
Lobsters:
Blueberries:
Ice storms:
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Nickname: The Pine Tree State 
The easternmost city of the United States, in 
Eastport is an island city--comprised entirely of islands! Moose Island is the largest, with Carlow, Dog, Treat, Burial, Spectacle, Matthews, Goose, Dyer, and numerous islets making up the remainder. Although islands, Moose Island is connected, by way of a tidal-dam causeway (built during the never-completed Quoddy Tidal Power Project) to Carlow Island, which in turn is similarly connected to 
During the 
The configuration of the shore and ocean floor affect tidal range (the vertical difference between high and low stages of the tide). Since the Bay of Fundy has a large mouth, with an ever-narrowing passageway to the head of the bay, the enormous volume of incoming tidal water is forced upward, causing the great tidal differences.
The Quoddy Tides is the "Most Easterly Newspaper Published in the United States" published the 2nd & 4th Fridays of each month.
Aquaculture is the commercial raising of fish in ocean salmon pens and quickly replacing commercial fishing for salmon. Beginning in the early 1980s, after a team of researchers from St. Andrews (New Brunswick) Biological Station successfully raised salmon in Passamaquoddy Bay, pen-rearing techniques were refined, and raising salmon and rainbow trout became a promising new business in Downeast Maine. In Eastport, where the decline of the local herring fisheries made salmon aquaculture a welcomed new industry, Ocean Products Inc. (later Conner's Aquaculture) was established in 1982.
The American lobster (known in international fishery records as the northern lobster) occurs only off the eastern coast of North America, from Labrador to North Carolina. The majority of the adults are found on the bottom at depths of 3 to 30 m (10 to 100 ft), with some occurring as deep as 180 m (600 ft). They are usually caught in baited traps called lobster pots. The American lobster reaches an average length of about 25 cm (about 10 in) and a usual weight of about 0.9 to 2.2 kg (about 2 to 5 lb); the record for the species is 20 kg (45 lb).
Maine is the largest producer of wild blueberries in the world (Yarborough, 1997b). Wild blueberries are grown on 60,000 acres in Maine (Yarborough, 1996c). There are approximately 1,000 acres of wild blueberries in New Hampshire and 500 acres in Massachusetts. Maine produces approximately 25 percent of all blueberries (wild and cultivated) in North America.
It's not unusual for New England, especially Maine, to feel its fair share of freezing rain throughout the winter. Coastal states such as Maine often mark the dividing line between cold air and warm air, making the perfect breeding ground for freezing rain. A severe ice storm hit the northeasterm area in Jan 1998. Power and water were unavailable, and many road ways were inpassable for several weeks.