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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. The Quoddy Project A proposed development project for eastern Maine involving the construction of a Tidal Harness for Electricity Generation was initiated in 1935 under U.S. Public Works Administration funding and with the blessing of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt , whose summer home was on nearby Campobello Island . Also known as the ''Quoddy Project'', it proposed impounding Cobscook Bay and part of Passamaquoddy Bay with a series of dams and control structures to exploit the resulting water level difference to generate electrical power. Part of this project was completed by the construction of Dykes built between Pleasant Point - Carlow Island - Moose Island . The project was suspended one year later after the United States Congress refused further funding, thus the actual barrier dams never being built. The dyke barriers now underlie the Maine Central Railroad and Maine Highway 190 . SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |