Canso

Can·so

C0074400 (kăn′sō), Strait of also Gut of A narrow channel between Cape Breton Island and the northeast mainland of Nova Scotia, Canada.

Canso

(ˈkænsəʊ) n1. (Placename) a cape in Canada, at the NE tip of Nova Scotia2. (Placename) Strait of Canso Gut of Canso a channel in Canada, between the Nova Scotia mainland and S Cape Breton Island

Can•so

(ˈkæn soʊ)

n. 1. Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia. 2. Strait of. Also called Gut of Canso. a channel in SE Canada that separates mainland Nova Scotia from Cape Breton Island, flowing NW from the Atlantic Ocean to Northumberland Strait. ab. 17 mi. (27 km) long and 1 mi. (1.6 km) wide.

Canso

(kăn`sō), town (1991 pop. 1,228), S central N.S., Canada, on the Atlantic Ocean, near Cape Canso, the easternmost point of Nova Scotia peninsula proper. The harbor was much used by fishing fleets in colonial times and was fortified by the British in 1720. The Gut, or Strait, of Canso, scarcely 1 mi (1.6 km) wide in places, separates Nova Scotia peninsula from Cape Breton Island.

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CANSO➣Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation