Great Bras d'Or Channel

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Great Bras d'Or Channel is a major natural waterway on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada, providing one of the primary connections between the inland Bras d'Or Lake and the Atlantic Ocean.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Great Bras d'Or Channel canonical 1
Little Bras d'Or Channel 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf channel ⓘ
natural waterway ⓘ
strait ⓘ
connects Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Bras d'Or Lake ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
hasAdjacentCommunity Big Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia ⓘ
linked to: Big Bras d'Or

New Campbellton, Nova Scotia ⓘ
linked to: New Campbellton
hasAdjacentHeadland Cape Dauphin ⓘ
hasAdjacentIsland Boularderie Island ⓘ
hasEcologicalSignificance supports marine and estuarine ecosystems ⓘ
hasHydrologicalRole primary outlet of Bras d'Or Lake to the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
hasMouthNear Big Bras d'Or ⓘ
New Campbellton ⓘ
Point Aconi ⓘ
hasNameMeaning Great Arm of Gold ⓘ
hasNameOriginLanguage French ⓘ
hasNavigationHazard shoals ⓘ
strong tidal currents ⓘ
variable weather conditions ⓘ
hasUse commercial shipping route ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ
isDistinguishedFrom Little Bras d'Or Channel ⓘ
isImportantFor local transportation ⓘ
recreational fisheries ⓘ
regional economy ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
isMajorConnectionBetween Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Bras d'Or Lake ⓘ
isPartOf network of channels linking Bras d'Or Lake to the sea ⓘ
isRecognizedAs major natural waterway on Cape Breton Island ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic Canada ⓘ
Bras d'Or Lake system ⓘ
linked to: Bras d'Or Lake

Cape Breton Island ⓘ
Nova Scotia ⓘ
locatedInBayOrGulf eastern coast of Cape Breton Island ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Atlantic Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear Boularderie Island ⓘ
Cape Dauphin ⓘ
Kellys Mountain ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
partOf Atlantic Ocean drainage basin ⓘ
Bras d'Or Lake watershed ⓘ
linked to: Bras d'Or Lake
province Nova Scotia ⓘ
region Cape Breton Regional Municipality ⓘ
waterBodyType saltwater channel ⓘ
tidal channel ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Bras d'Or Lake → connectedBy → Great Bras d'Or Channel ⓘ
Bras d'Or Lake → connectedBy → Little Bras d'Or Channel ⓘ
linked to: Great Bras d'Or Channel