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Fundy. “The entire world is watching the research and de-
velopment in the Bay of Fundy,” he says. “The Minas Pas-
sage is located just off Cumberland County, so the very
large tidal power development has tremendous potential
to create jobs, and economic opportunity.”
Bugley also talks about the development of geo-thermal
energy in the county’s backyard: “There’s tremendous
geo-thermal resources located in abandoned mine shafts
in the former town of Springhill and the County of Cumber-
land. We just recently entered into a partnership with a di-
vision of Cape Breton University’s Verschuren Center, and
we are doing phase one of a scientific study that will help
us determine the capacity and sustainability of the poten-
