Strait of Canso
The Strait of Canso separates mainland Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island, in eastern Canada. It is a channel approximately 27 kilometers long and averaging 3 kilometers wide.Photo: brunkfordbraun, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Channel
- Description: strait located in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada
- Also known as: “Canseaux”, “Canso Strait”, and “Straits of Canceau”
- Historically known as: “Gut of Canso”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Allan J. MacEachen Port Hawkesbury Airport.
Allan J. MacEachen Port Hawkesbury Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: WayeMason, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Allan J. MacEachen Port Hawkesbury Airport is a registered aerodrome located 2.1 nautical miles north of Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, Canada. A short drive from the "gateway of Cape Breton Island" at the Canso Causeway, the airport is located near several… Allan J. MacEachen Port Hawkesbury Airport is situated 4 km north of Strait of Canso.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Hawkesbury and Port Hawkesbury and Port Hastings.
Port Hawkesbury
Town
Photo: Martin Cathrae, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Port Hawkesbury is a town of 3,200 people on the southwestern end of Cape Breton Island, on the north shore of the Strait of Canso. Port Hastings is an unincorporated community about 7 km up Highway 104 from Port Hawkesbury.
Port Hawkesbury and Port Hastings
Photo: Michel Rathwell, CC BY 2.0.
Port Hawkesbury is a town of 3,200 people on the southwestern end of Cape Breton Island, on the north shore of the Strait of Canso. Port Hastings is an unincorporated community about 7 km up Highway 104 from Port Hawkesbury.
Strait of Canso
- Categories: strait and body of water
- Location: Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Strait of Canso” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Kanso boğazı”
- Basque: “Cansoko itsasartea”
- Belarusian: “Кансо”
- Belarusian: “Праліў Кансо”
- Catalan: “estret de Canso”
- Catalan: “Estret de Canso”
- Cebuano: “Strait of Canso”
- Chinese: “坎索海峡”
- Croatian: “Canso (tjesnac)”
- Croatian: “Canso”
- Dutch: “Straat van Canso”
- Dutch: “Strait of Canso”
- Esperanto: “Markolo Canso”
- French: “Detroit de Canso”
- French: “détroit de Canso”
- French: “Détroit de Canso”
- Hebrew: “מצר קנסו”
- Italian: “Stretto di Canso”
- Japanese: “カンソー海峡”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Strait of Canso”
- Russian: “Кансо”
- Russian: “Пролив Кансо”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Caolas Chanso”
- Spanish: “Estrecho de Canso”
- Swedish: “Canso Strait”
- Swedish: “Cansosundet”
- Swedish: “Strait of Canso”
- Ukrainian: “Кансо”
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Localities in the Area
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