Cabot Strait
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Cabot Strait is in Atlantic Canada between Cape Ray, Newfoundland, and Cape North, Cape Breton Island. The strait, approximately 110 kilometres wide, is the widest of the three outlets for the Gulf of
Cabot Strait from White Point, Cape Breton Island. St. Paul Island in the distance.
Strait of Canso
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The Strait of Canso separates mainland Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island, in eastern Canada. Its name in Mi'kmaw language, the local First Nations language, is Tui'gn which means "passage".
Cabot Strait
…kilometres wide, is the widest of the three outlets for the Gulf of Saint Lawrence into the Atlantic Ocean, the others being the Strait of Belle Isle and Strait of Canso. It is named for the Italian explorer Giovanni Caboto. The strait's bathymetry is varied, with the Laurentian Channel creating a deep trench through…
Oceangoing vessel loading rock at Cape Porcupine in the Strait of Canso