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In the bow was a coil of rope which Captain Corbet had probably obtained when he was ashore at Petitcodiac.
Lost in the Fog James De Mille
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Of all the rivers that flow into the Bay of Fundy none is more remarkable than the Petitcodiac.
Lost in the Fog James De Mille
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His recollection of the state of the tide at Petitcodiac, was but vague.
Lost in the Fog James De Mille
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Petitcodiac, and could not help wondering at the accuracy of his course; yet, while wondering, he modestly refrained from taking the credit of it to himself, and rather chose to attribute it to the wind and tide.
Lost in the Fog James De Mille
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Besides, as long as they were in motion, they had the consciousness that they were doing something, and that of itself was a comfort; but now, even that consolation was taken away from them, and in their forced inaction they fell back again into the same despondency which they had felt at Petitcodiac.
Lost in the Fog James De Mille
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He had fully expected to land at Petitcodiac, and he found himself far away on the other side of the bay.
Lost in the Fog James De Mille
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Here, in the estuary of the Petitcodiac, where the river meets the wave of the tide, the volumes contending cause the Great Bore, as it is called; and as in this region the swine wade out into the mud in search of shell fish, they are sometimes swept away and drowned.
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The highest tides in the world are encountered at the head of the Bay of Fundy, and when we reach Moncton, thirty miles up the Petitcodiac River, we find another phenomenon, due to the high tides of the Bay, and only duplicated in one or two other places in the world.
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Finding the village deserted on his arrival at Chepody, Frye set fire to the buildings and sailed toward Petitcodiac.
The Acadian Exiles : a Chronicle of the Land of Evangeline 1898
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Cumberland for Chepody, Memramcook, and Petitcodiac, on the north shore, with orders to take prisoners and burn the villages on the way.
The Acadian Exiles : a Chronicle of the Land of Evangeline 1898
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