Abegweit Passage
Abegweit Passage is the narrowest part of the Northumberland Strait, comprising the 13-kilometre wide portion between Cape Traverse, Prince Edward Island, and Cape Tormentine, New Brunswick.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Confederation Bridge.
Confederation Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Taxiarchos228, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Confederation Bridge is a box girder bridge carrying the Trans-Canada Highway across the Abegweit Passage of the Northumberland Strait, linking the province of Prince Edward Island with the mainland province of New Brunswick.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Borden-Carleton and Bayfield.
Borden-Carleton
Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Borden-Carleton is a town of 700 people in western Prince Edward Island. Located at the foot of the Confederation Bridge, it is the main gateway to PEI.
Bayfield
Locality
Photo: Chris-13, Public domain.
Bayfield was a local service district in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada, near the intersection of Route 955 and Route 16. It is now part of the incorporated rural community of Strait Shores.
Abegweit Passage
- Type: Strait
- Description: narrowest part of the Northumberland Strait in Canada
- Categories: navigation channel and body of water
- Location: New Brunswick, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
46.18707° or 46° 11′ 14″ northLongitude
-63.72636° or 63° 43′ 35″ westOpen location code
87RR57PF+RFOpenStreetMap ID
way 1006880266OpenStreetMap feature
natural=straitGeoNames ID
5881841Wikidata ID
Q3367830
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Abegweit Passage” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Abegweit Passage (agianan sa New Brunswick)”
- Cebuano: “Abegweit Passage”
- Croatian: “Prolaz Abegweit”
- Dutch: “Abegweit Passage”
- French: “Passage Abegweit”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Abegweit Passage”
- Swedish: “Abegweit Passage”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cape Traverse Landing and Cape Tormentine.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Point Borden Range Rear Lighthouse and CN Borden-Carleton Interpretive Centre.
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