The Canals of Canada

A Collection of Photographs taken by Tony Clayton

3 - The Canso Channel

2 - St.Peter's Canal <<-- : -->> 4 - Trent Canal

The Canso Channel is a narrow strait separating Cape Breton Island from the rest of Nova Scotia. At its narrowest, where it is about 1.4 km across, a causeway was constructed in 1955. This has a lock through it 820 feet long and 80 feet wide at the eastern end.

Canso Lock, 1994

Canso Lock, 1994

Canso Lock, 1994 Bottom gates opening

Railway and Road Bridge across the Canso Lock Cut, 1994

Railway Bridge across the Canso Lock Cut, 1994 A ship was about to pass through, so the bridge has started to swing

Canadian Survey Ship Parizeau leaveing Canso Lock, 1994

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