The Canadian Press recently fact-checked an AI-driven Facebook post claiming waterwheels were used to harness extreme tides in the Bay of Fundy for grain milling and other productive purposes in the eighteenth century.

The History Department’s Daniel Samson, an expert on colonial Nova Scotia, has set the record straight.

Read the full exposé here: Fact File: Bay of Fundy ‘Tide Millers’ Little More Than a Tall Tale.