Nova Scotia
Eastern Shore
Guysborough County

Canso

Canso is a community of 800 people on the of , on the southern shore of Chedabucto Bay. It is known for its annual festival celebrating folk musician Stan Rogers.
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  • Type: Town
  • Description: human settlement in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Also known as: “Canso, Nova Scotia”

Canso

Latitude
45.3368° or 45° 20′ 12″ north
Longitude
-60.9966° or 60° 59′ 48″ west
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CA CAH
Open location code
87QX82P3+P9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2331209935
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5915104
Wiki­data ID
Q2936541
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Canso” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Canso”
  • Chinese: “坎索”
  • Dutch: “Canso”
  • French: “Canseau”
  • French: “Canso”
  • German: “Canso”
  • Irish: “Baile Chanso”
  • Italian: “Canso”
  • Japanese: “カンソー（ノバスコシア州）”
  • Persian: “کنسو، نوا اسکوشیا”
  • Polish: “Canso (miejscowość)”
  • Polish: “Canso”
  • Portuguese: “Canso (Nova Escócia)”
  • Portuguese: “Canso”
  • Russian: “Кансо (Новая Шотландия)”
  • Russian: “Кансо”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Baile Chanso”
  • Swedish: “Canso”
  • Welsh: “Canso, Nova Scotia”
  • Welsh: “Canso”
  • “Baile Chanso”
  • “Canso”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Canso”. Photo: Bardencj, Public domain.