Ansley W. Sawyer wrote:
Way down east the tides are higher:

05 Jun 2008 @ 07:39 D.S.T.
Station = EASTPORT
44º 54.2' N 066º 59.1' W

High at 00:06 = 21.8 Low at 06:42 = -02.4
High at 12:42 = 19.9 Low at 19:00 = -00.5


There are certainly extreme tides when you get up towards the Bay of
Fundy, and Eastport is a bit special being "around the corner."
However, 15 miles SW the tides are a more manageable 15 feet at Cutler,
and diminish to around 13 by Jonesport. I don't often get past
Schoodic, so I hardly ever see tides more than a couple of feet worse
than Boston.

But this brings up a question: its often claimed that the downeast
lobster traps require the dreaded toggle because of the extreme tides.
And yet, they are no more extreme all the way back to Cape Cod.
Plymouth, for instance, has higher tides than Tenant's Harbor, but you
don't see a toggle west of Booth Bay, while by Tenant's they're all
toggled. What gives?