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	Isthmus of Chignecto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Isthmus of Chignecto is an isthmus bordering the Maritime provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia which connects the mainland portion of Nova Scotia with North America.
		The isthmus separates the waters of Chignecto Bay, a sub-basin of the Bay of Fundy, from those of the Northumberland Strait, an arm of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
		The isthmus is generally acknowledged to stretch from its northerly point at an area in the Petitcodiac River valley near the city of Dieppe, New Brunswick to its southerly point at an area near the town of Amherst, Nova Scotia.
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	Isthmus of Chignecto -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The majority of the lands comprising the isthmus have very low elevation above sea level with a large portion comprising the (additional info and facts about Tantramar Marshes) Tantramar Marshes, as well as tidal rivers, mud flats, inland freshwater marshes, coastal saltwater marshes, and mixed forest.
		A key surface transportation route, the Isthmus of Chignecto was host to French and later British military roads across the Tantramar Marshes and along the strategic ridges since the (additional info and facts about 1600s) 1600s.
		The (additional info and facts about Trans-Canada Highway) Trans-Canada Highway was built on the isthmus in the early (The decade from 1960 to 1969) 1960s, connecting with Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, parallelling existing (additional info and facts about Canadian National Railway) Canadian National Railway trackage.
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	Isthmus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An isthmus (from Greek ισθμός, isthmos; plural isthmuses or isthmi; pronounced /ˈɪs.mʌs/) is a narrow strip of land that is bordered on two sides by water and connects two larger land masses.
		The Japanese created a "negative isthmus" on the Tsushima Islands Archipelago, by permanently dividing two islands joined by an isthmus by a 2 km wide channel.
		Between 1895 and 1904, the Japanese navy blasted a ship channel (between one or two kilometers wide), through an isthmus of the single island between Aso Bay from the west, and Tsushima Strait on the east, permanently dividing the island into two islands.
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	History of Nova Scotia; Acadia, Bk.1, 1755:The Deportation of the Acadians; Part 6; Ch. 14, Deportations At Chignecto ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		It was at a neck of land, the Isthmus of Chignecto, upon which hangs the almost island of Nova Scotia.
		Of the Acadian districts -- Annapolis Royal, Minas, Cobequid and Chignecto -- it was Chignecto that gave the most difficulty to the English; this, because it was the furthest from the English fort at Annapolis Royal.
		And thus it was done at the Isthmus of Chignecto.
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	Chignecto Isthmus -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		Unquestionably the two most famous are the Isthmus of Panama, connecting North and South America, and the Isthmus of Suez, connecting Africa and Asia.
		Historically the Isthmus of Corinth was of major importance because it connected what otherwise would be the island of the Peloponnese...
		Except for a narrow isthmus connecting it with New Brunswick, the province is surrounded by salt water.
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	History of Nova Scotia; Book.2; Part 1; Ch. 5 - The Early Settlement of the Chignecto Townships," (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		At an earlier point in our history1, we saw where the marshes and flat lands at the Isthmus of Chignecto constituted one of the principal battle grounds on which the French and the English, these two foreign invaders, fought for the possession of a continent.
		It was there, at the isthmus, that two armies of the 18th century took their stand with the Missaguash River in between.
		In the Annapolis Valley and at the Isthmus of Chignecto there are alluvial soils that have been layered up over the eons by the Fundy Bay system, soils which must be among the richest in the world.
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		The most famous isthmus is the Isthmus of Panama, which connects North America and South America.
		That is, while isthmuses lie between two bodies of water and joins two larger land masses, straits lie between two land masses and connects two larger bodies of water.
		The Japanese created a negative isthmus, of sorts, on the Tsushima Islands (Archipelago), by permanently dividing two islands joined by an isthmus by a 2 [km] wide channel.
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	Chignecto Isthmus; First Settlers by Howard Trueman
		The Isthmus of Chignecto separates the waters of the Bay of Fundy from
		the Isthmus was reckoned as belonging to Beaubassin.
		Chignecto, to examine that part of the Province with a view to
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