Canso
Canso is a community of 800 people on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia, on the southern shore of Chedabucto Bay. It is known for its annual festival celebrating folk musician Stan Rogers.
Photo: Bardencj, Public domain.
Photo: Bardencj, Public domain.- Type: Town
- Description: human settlement in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Also known as: “Canso (Nova Escócia)”, “Canso, Nova Scotia”, and “Кансо (Новая Шотландия)”
Canso
- Categories: community, former town, and locality
- Location: Guysborough County, Eastern Shore, Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
45.3368° or 45° 20′ 12″ north
Longitude
-60.9966° or 60° 59′ 48″ west
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
UN/LOCODE
CA CAH
Open location code
87QX82P3+P9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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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”
- Persian: “کنسو”
- Polish: “Canso (miejscowość)”
- Polish: “Canso”
- Portuguese: “Canso”
- Russian: “Кансо”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Baile Chanso”
- Swedish: “Canso”
- Urdu: “کانسو، نووا اسکووشیا”
- Welsh: “Canso, Nova Scotia”
- Welsh: “Canso”
- “Canso”
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