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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Canso Causeway
		The Canso Causeway was built at a narrow location on the Strait of Canso, several miles northwest of Port Hawkesbury and Mulgrave, crossing from Cape Porcupine near Auld's Cove on the Nova Scotia side to Port Hastings on the Cape Breton side.
		Canso is the southeastern terminus of Highway 16, an important secondary highway in Antigonish and Guysborough counties.
		The Canso Causeway crosses the Strait of Canso, connecting Cape Breton Island to the mainland of the province of Nova Scotia.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Canso-Causeway (2627 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Strait of Canso
		The Strait of Canso (also Gut of Canso or Canso Strait), is located in northeastern North America near the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
		The strait is crossed by the Canso Causeway for vehicular and rail traffic, opened in 1955, although large ships may pass through the Canso Canal.
		It is located in the Strait of Canso, on the eastern side of the Canso Causeway, a rock-fill causeway which opened in 1955 to carry a 2-lane highway and railway tracks from Cape Breton Island to mainland North America.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Strait-of-Canso (755 words)

	Canso Causeway
		The Canso Causeway connects Cape Breton Island to the mainland of the province of Nova Scotia.
		Before the construction of the causeway, Cape Breton was connected to the mainland by ferries for motor vehicles and railway cars.
		Canso comes from the Mi'kmaq[?] word "kamsok", which means "opposite the lofty cliffs."
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ca/Canso_Causeway.html (62 words)

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		Canso is a small, coastal fishing town on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia.
		Canso is often cited as the oldest fishing port in the Maritimes, having been founded in 1605.
		Canso isn't in Cape Breton — it's on the mainland of Nova Scotia.
	www.angelfire.com /mac/sasha0/canso_history.html (382 words)

	The Canso Causeway and its Effects on its Surrounding Areas
		The average charge at Canso usually dislodged some 125,000 tons and the largest blast set off used a total of 3200 cases of dynamite, ten million, ninety-two thousand, sixty-nine tons of rock fill were required to close the Strait of Canso.
		To determine the impact of the causeway construction on the environment marine geology of the Canso Strait.
		The Effects of the Canso Causeway on the Marine Environment of the Strait of Canso and adjacent Bays.
	www.stfx.ca /research/srsf/GCIFA/CansoCauseway.html (1621 words)

	Canso, Strait of
		Canso, Strait of, 27 km long, 3 km wide, 60 m deep, is a deep, narrow channel separating the Nova Scotian mainland and CAPE BRETON I.
		However, in the early 1950s, the Canso Causeway was built to carry rail and highway traffic between the mainland and the Island.
		The completion of the causeway in 1955 created a year-round ice-free port for the major towns along the strait, Port Hawkesbury and Mulgrave, and helped establish the area as an important pulpwood centre.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0001359 (162 words)

	Canso_Causeway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Canso Causeway is a 0.57 km (1870 ft) long rock-fill causeway in eastern Canada.
		The Canso Canal is located at the eastern end of the causeway to allow ship traffic to transit the Strait of Canso.
		Before the construction of the causeway, Cape Breton Island was connected to the mainland by ferries for carrying railway cars and motor vehicles.
	www.yournursery.com /search.php?title=Canso_Causeway (756 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Canso Causeway
		The Canso Causeway connects Cape Breton Island to the mainland of the province of Nova Scotia in eastern Canada.
		The Canso Canal is located at the eastern end of the causeway.
		Before the construction of the causeway, Cape Breton Island was connected to the mainland by ferries for carrying railway cars and later, motor vehicles.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Canso_Causeway (275 words)

	Canso Causeway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Canso Causeway (45° 38′38″N, 61° 25′11″W) is a 1385 m rock-fill causeway in Nova Scotia, Canada.
		The causeway crosses the Strait of Canso, connecting Cape Breton Island to mainland North America.
		Aside from blocking sea ice, the blocking of the Strait of Canso caused significant environmental damage from the enormous changes in the tidal regime of the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence all the way to the mouth of the St. Lawrence River]].
	www.punweb.com /article/Canso_Causeway (877 words)

	ABSTRACT: Seafloor character of Canso Strait, Nova Scotia - 50 years after completion of the Canso Causeway. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Prior to completion of the Canso Causeway in 1955, a tidal difference of about 1 m between the northern and southern portions of the Strait gave rise to strong currents with a strong net water flow southward.
		The quieter current regime is prone to deposition of fine-grained sediments resulting in a change from an erosional environment which saw the development of sandwaves and erosional flutes, to a depositional environment with the accumulation of fine-grained sediments at rates in the range of 1 to 2 mm per year.
		Southeast of the Canso Causeway, seafloor photographs and samples confirm that much of the seafloor is covered by a thin veneer of fine sediments with a dense population of the deposit-feeding brittle star Ophiura sarsi.
	cgrg.geog.uvic.ca /abstracts/ParrottSeafloorThe.html (540 words)

	Causeway-Anniversary, Bgt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		But on that sultry Saturday in 1955 when 40,000 people gathered to witness the cutting of a tartan ribbon to officially open the Canso causeway, the mood was one of anticipation and pride.
		On Saturday, he will return with hundreds of other pipers to mark the 50th anniversary of the causeway's opening with a re-enactment of the ceremony and reflect on a development some locals say opened up their island to the rest of the world.
		It stretched 1,350 metres across the Strait of Canso with a width of 24 metres and a depth of 65 metres deep at its deepest point.
	www.cp.org /premium/ONLINE/member/National/050811/n081137A.html (694 words)

	TransCanadaHighway.com Canso Causeway Nova Scotia
		The name Canso came from the Mi'kmaq word kamsook which means "opposite the lofty cliff", referring to the steep cliffs of Chedabucto Bay, or possibly the heights of Isle Madame, 13 km to the north of the town.
		Engineering studies suggested that ice in the Strait would quickly damage any bridge and construction began on a causeway in 1952 and was completed in 1955 at a cost of $22,000,000.
		The causeway is 1,385 metres long, and fills the Canso Strait to a depth of 65 metres (213 ft) making it the deepest causeway in the world.
	www.transcanadahighway.com /NovaScotia/CansoCauseway.htm (406 words)

	The Guysborough Journal
		After the parade, the crowd took their seats at the Canso Canal site as dignitaries spoke of the great engineering feat that is the Canso Causeway.
		The Canso Causeway 50th anniversary celebrations were marked by reunions, ceilidhs, concerts and art displays from August 7 to 14.
		The week-long event was recognized by the Department of Tourism as one of the signature tourism events for 2005 and economic impact is estimated in the millions of dollars.
	www.guysboroughjournal.com /archives/08-2005/08-18-2005-pipesanddrums.htm (359 words)

	Strait of Canso (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Strait of Canso (also Gut of Canso or Canso Strait), is located in northeastern North America in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
		The strait is extremely deep with two major communities at Port Hawkesbury on the eastern side facing Mulgrave on the western side, both ports.
		The strait is crossed by the Canso Causeway, although ships may pass through the Canso Canal.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/s/st/strait_of_canso.html (124 words)

	Check In Nova Scotia. - Nova Scotia Tourism Information Pages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The purpose of the Canso Canal is to provide passage for vessels through the Strait of Canso to and from Chedabucto Bay and to and from St.
		After the Causeway was built, it diverted an enormous volume of water with and extraordinary strong tide through the 24.4m (80ft) wide opening of the Lock.
		Primarily Canso Canal caters to commercial type ships and of the total ships using the Canal, approximately 85% are owned or operated by shipping companies, fishermen and government.
	www.checkinnovascotia.com /Public/main/event.asp?xlanguage=FR&key=HIS054 (414 words)

	Destination: Nova Scotia - Page
		The Canso Museum in the Whitman House offers historical displays and a bird's-eye view of the town from the widow's walk on the rooftop.
		The Town of Canso has constructed Sailor's Rest Park in the centre of town and is developing a Harbourfront Promenade.
		At the far end of town on Route 344, overlooking Canso Strait and Port Hawkesbury on the opposite shore, Marie Peeples Park features scale-model replicas of a railway caboose and box car on the former railroad bed.
	www.destination-ns.com /common/trails/areaid.asp?AreaID=5C (831 words)

	Legion Magazine :
		Although various studies have shown the causeway has had minimal effect on the marine environment, the debate still rages and many fishermen are convinced the causeway has led to a decline in fish stocks.
		Building the causeway had not incurred any debt and the tolls, eventually peaking at $1.50 per crossing and generating about $800,000 per year, simply went into the province’s general revenues.
		In 2002, a Canso Causeway Anniversary Society was established to celebrate the golden anniversary of the causeway’s opening.
	www.legionmagazine.com /features/canadianreflections/05-07.asp (2220 words)

	Canso_Causeway - The Wordbook Encyclopedia
		The causeway crosses the Strait of Canso, connecting Cape Breton Island to the Nova Scotia peninsula.
		(78.7 feet) wide and 570 m (1,870 feet) long Canso Canal is located at the eastern end of the causeway to allow ship traffic to transit the Strait of Canso.
		The Strait of Canso was permanently blocked on Friday, December 10, 1954; construction continued through the winter on building the roadway and railway line, as well as finishing the Canso Canal and its swing bridge.
	www.thewordbook.com /Canso_Causeway (998 words)

	IslandStudies.ca - “Built for Going Away”:
		The Causeway is a medium in the fullest sense of the word and its conception and construction are discursively linked with the myth of the Celtic hero, who figures as prominently in the story of the Causeway as in that Celtic iconography.
		In general, while industrialists lauded construction of the Causeway as an efficient means of transportation—for moving manufactured goods to markets—and politicians prized it as an efficient means of getting tourists to Cape Breton, environmentalists and fishers recognized its ecological damage and effects on declining resources.
		The Causeway was one of many factors of change for Cape Breton and eastern Nova Scotia, linking them to the great web of highways constructed in North America as the same decade saw the automobile become a mass commodity.
	www.islandstudies.ca /Bridge-Effects/builtfor.html (613 words)

	ECBC Website - News Release
		The Canso Causeway Anniversary Society announced they will use the funding to plan and orchestrate celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Canso Causeway.
		“The opening of the Canso Causeway represents a significant event in the history of Cape Breton Island and it is fitting that we mark its 50th anniversary,” said Rodger Cuzner, Member of Parliament for Bras d’Or-Cape Breton.
		The Society was reactivated in 2002, with a mandate to prepare a major celebration for the 50th anniversary in 2005.
	www.ecbc.ca /e/newsreleases/20040207b.asp (490 words)

	Causeway Diver Supply Location (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Strait of Canso along the highway through Mulgrave to Sand Point is a good area to see unusually large lobster.
		Cerberus Rock is found in the middle of the approach to the Strait of Canso in Chedabucto Bay.
		Georges Bay and the Strait of Canso north of the Causeway offer divers clean water and temperatures that permit diving without full wet suits during the summer.
	www.causewaydiver.ca /location.html (461 words)

	Canso Causeway 50th Anniversary - ECMA Event of the Year Nominee
		Organizers and volunteers of last summer's signature tourism event, the 50th Anniversary of the Canso Causeway, are celebrating once more.
		On August 13, 2005 nearly 17,000 people gathered along the shores of the Canso Causeway to witness an amazing musical spectacle which graced television screens, radio stations, websites and newspapers across the country.
		"Without a doubt, the sights and sounds of the 50th Anniversary of the Canso Causeway will be etched in the minds and memories of thousands of spectators for years to come," says Bob MacEachern, Chair of the Canso Causeway 50th Anniversary Society.
	www.cansocauseway.ca /ecma (330 words)

	Inverness County - Discover the Magic in the Masterpiece
		At the Canso Causeway which connects Cape Breton to Mainland Nova Scotia, is the town of Port Hawkesbury which is Atlantic CanadaÍs ten-mile long superport.
		Overlooking the Strait of Canso on Church Street is a small old house, built in the late 1880's.
		Navigated by the first commercial vessel in September of 1955, the Causeway profoundly influenced the economic development of both the Strait area and all of Cape Breton.
	www.invernessco.com /porthasting_museum.html (732 words)

	Canso Canal Information
		The causeway completely blocks the Strait of Canso, which links the waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence with Chedabucto Bay on the Atlantic Ocean.
		The lock is of "Seaway-max" dimensions, meaning that any vessel capable of transiting the St.
		A rotating swing bridge carries the Trans-Canada Highway and Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway across the canal.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Canso_Canal (203 words)

	Canso Causeway
		Canso Causeway) est un ouvrage colossal qui, depuis une cinquantaine d'années, permet de relier l'Île du Cap-Breton à la partie continentale de la Nouvelle-Écosse.
		La présence de la digue de Canso assure désormais la régulation du mouvement des glaces dans le détroit, créant ainsi un port libre de glaces.
		La digue de Canso est un trait d'union, un lieu de passage entre l'île et le continent.
	members.tripod.com /cbmuseums/id70.html (1114 words)

	N.S. causeway built 50 years ago
		The Canso Causeway was a sea of bagpipers and drummers on Saturday, marking the opening of the permanent link between mainland Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island 50 years ago.
		In the final decision, a causeway appeared to be the most viable of all those options, MacEachern said.
		A number of dignitaries were planning to attend the anniversary events, including the son of the late premier Angus L. Macdonald, who gave the green light for construction of the causeway.
	www.cbc.ca /canada/story/2005/08/13/ns-causeway050813.html?email (1388 words)

	MACLEOD's - DIRECTORY - Inverness, Nova Scotia
		Entering Cape Breton via Canso Causeway: As you enter Cape Breton from the Canso Causeway, follow Route 19 heading north towards the village of Inverness for approximately 1 hour.
		Continue on the Trans Canada Highway Route 104 to the Canso Causeway, approximately 4 hours.
		As you enter the Canso Causeway, please refer to Entry A.
	www.macleods.com /location.html (179 words)

	Causeway Firsts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		I heard that a Cape Breton Band claims to be the official first to pay their seventy-five cent toll to cross the causeway.
		Others were so moved that they stopped the car and did a dance on the causeway itself.
		Were you stuck at the causeway on one of the hot days when the swing bridge expanded in the heat and the fire trucks had to come and hose it down so it would go back in place?
	elainehogg.tripod.com /crossingthecauseway/id2.html (439 words)

	The Canso Causeway's History and Impact
		Constructed between 1952 and 1955, the Causeway and navigation lock in the Strait of Canso, between the Nova Scotia mainland and Cape Breton Island, saw the Strait filled with over 10,000,000 tons of rock, and the creation of an ice free port on the south side.
		We will also focus on the impact of the Causeway, from the initial loss of jobs from the end of ferry service, to the area's appeal to industry due to a deep-water, ice-free port.
		The Strait Area will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the official opening of the Canso Causeway on Saturday, August 13, 2005, with events organized by the Canso Causeway 50th Anniversary Society.
	www.museevirtuel.ca /pm.php?id=record_detail&fl=0&lg=English&ex=00000222&rd=126179&hs=0 (244 words)

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