Canso, Nova Scotia
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Canso is a community in Guysborough County, on the north-eastern tip of mainland Nova Scotia, Canada, next to Chedabucto Bay. In January 2012, it ceased to be a separate town and as of July 2012 was amalgamated into the Municipality of the District of Guysborough.
Canso as seen from the harbour
Canso, Nova Scotia – 1914
This aging cable building, now a historic site, received the first distress call from Titanic in 1912
Port-Royal (Acadia)
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Port Royal (1605–1713) was a historic settlement based around the upper Annapolis Basin in Nova Scotia, Canada, and the predecessor of the modern town of Annapolis Royal.
Fort at Port-Royal (1702)
William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling
Siege of St. John (1645) – d'Aulnay defeats La Tour in Acadia