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Mary's Point is a wetland in Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. It is at the head of the Bay of Fundy, just outside the small community of Harvey and approximately south of Moncton. Designated a Ramsar wetland of international importance on May 24, 1982, it is also part of the Fundy biosphere reserve established in 2007, which also contains the Shepody Bay wetland. It was also the first Canadian site in the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve, as part of the Bay of Fundy Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve.〔 〕 It is within the Shepody Bay National Wildlife Area, which is administered by the Canadian Wildlife Service.〔 Mary's Point is an important staging area for shorebirds migrating from the Canadian subarctic to South America during the fall, supporting up to two million semipalmated sandpipers annually, or nearly 75% of the global population of this species, as well as millions of birds of other species. Approximately of the intertidal mudflats are under jurisdiction to the province of New Brunswick. Another are owned by the Government of Canada, including the "most critical sites used by the large roosting flocks of shorebirds during high tide".〔 The remaining portion, covering most of the salt marsh, is privately owned. The federal government has attempted to purchase the land, but has been spurned.〔 ==Geography== This open peninsula ranges in elevation from below sea level to above sea level, protruding into Shepody Bay. It is characterized by extensive intertidal mudflats, with gravel beaches bordering terrestrial habitats and shallow marine areas. In 1979, Ducks Unlimited Canada established a waterfowl impoundment adjacent to the salt marsh. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mary's Point」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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