Chignecto Bay
an inlet at the head of the Bay of Fundy, in British North America. It separates Nova Scotia from New Brunswick, is 30 miles long and 8 broad, and has an isthmus of only 14 miles in width between it and Northumberland strait, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. pimi, CHIHUAHUA (che-whä'whä), the largest State of Mexico; bounded on the N. and N. E. by New Mexico and Texas; area, 90,036 square miles; pop. about 450,000. In the E. is the Bolson dé Mami, a vast desert of sand and alkali plains; in the S. and W. the surface is mountainous, and there are numerous rivers. The State is better adapted for stock-raising than for agriculture; the fertile districts are mainly confined to the valleys and river-courses. Cotton is grown in the S. The silver mines were for centuries among the richest in Mexico, and though many are now abandoned, mining is still the chief industry. The State is traversed by the Mexican Central railway and has also several other railroad lines. The capital, Chihuahua, 225 miles S. of El Paso, rises like an oasis in the desert, among roses and orange groves. It is well built, with broad, clean streets, an imposing cathedral (1717-1789), a mint, and an aqueduct 3 miles long, and is the center of considerable trade with Texas. It is in the center of a rich mining district and has important cotton and woolen mills.
Founded about 1700, it had in the 18th century 80,000 inhabitants. Pop. about 40,000.