Canso Canal

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The Canso Canal is a navigation channel in Nova Scotia that allows ships to pass between the Atlantic Ocean and the Northumberland Strait through the Canso Causeway.

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Label Occurrences
Canso Canal canonical 4

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf navigation canal ⓘ
ship canal ⓘ
alsoUsedFor fishing vessels ⓘ
recreational vessels ⓘ
bridgeCarries Highway 104 ⓘ
Trans-Canada Highway ⓘ
connectsBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Northumberland Strait ⓘ
connectsRegion Atlantic seaboard ⓘ
Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ
constructionBegan 1952 ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
crosses Strait of Canso ⓘ
hasFunction bypasses Canso Causeway for marine traffic ⓘ
hasLock Canso Canal lock ⓘ
hasNearbyCommunity Mulgrave, Nova Scotia ⓘ
Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia ⓘ
hasStructure swing bridge ⓘ
isPartOfTransportCorridor Trans-Canada Highway corridor at Canso Causeway ⓘ
length approximately 570 metres ⓘ
locatedIn Guysborough County, Nova Scotia ⓘ
Nova Scotia ⓘ
Strait of Canso ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Atlantic Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear Aulds Cove, Nova Scotia ⓘ
Port Hastings, Nova Scotia ⓘ
locatedOn Canso Causeway alignment ⓘ
maintainedBy Canadian Coast Guard ⓘ
maximumVesselBeam about 22.9 metres ⓘ
maximumVesselDraft about 9.8 metres ⓘ
maximumVesselLength about 225.6 metres ⓘ
navigationAuthority Canadian Coast Guard ⓘ
numberOfLocks 1 ⓘ
opened 1955 ⓘ
openingDate August 13, 1955 ⓘ
operatedBy Canadian Coast Guard ⓘ
ownedBy Government of Canada ⓘ
partOf Canso Causeway ⓘ
primaryUse commercial shipping ⓘ
region Atlantic Canada ⓘ
separates Cape Breton Island ⓘ
mainland Nova Scotia ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
waterwayType tidal canal ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canso Causeway → hasLock → Canso Canal ⓘ
Strait of Canso → crossedBy → Canso Canal ⓘ
Canso Canal swing bridge → crosses → Canso Canal ⓘ