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Index of Subjects Gang I'm sure the depth of water and the power of the ice this time of year would help sway them towards the Causeway option. There was a tuna bonanza for a few years there but nothing now like then the movements of the bait seem to have changed. We lost a whole fishery in the Chedabucto Bay. There use to be a Haddock spawning grounds and nursery in the bay and fishermen would target this specie. It didn't take long before they disappeared from this area. To catch one off here now would be like getting a good photo of a Cougar! Tom Kavanaugh Canso ---- Rick Ballard <ideaphore@gmail.com> wrote: > From Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canso_Causeway ) : > > "In the late 1890s and early 1900s the Industrial Cape > Breton<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Cape_Breton> region > was experiencing unprecedented economic growth as a result of multiple coal > mines and two large integrated steel mills having opened. The *Scotia* rail > car ferry that entered service in 1901 was struggling to keep up with the > demands despite operating 24-hours per day year-round. In 1903 an ambitious > proposal was presented to the provincial and federal governments known as > the "Strait of Canso Bridge" detailing a plan to build a 4,370 ft (1,330 m) > steel cantilever bridge <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantilever_bridge> at > the narrowest portion of the strait to carry theIntercolonial > Railway<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercolonial_Railway>'s > main line between Sydney <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney,_Nova_Scotia> > and Truro <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truro,_Nova_Scotia>.[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canso_Causeway#cite_note-cchi-1> > The > span, measuring 1,800 ft (550 m), would have been longer than the Firth of > Forth Bridge <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_Railway_Bridge> and > roughly similar in size to the Quebec > Bridge<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_Bridge> > ." > > > > On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 9:21 AM, Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca>wrote: > > > Paul, > > just wondering: Did the authorities seriously consider a bridge, > > rather than just the causeway/canal option, in the pre-causeway days? > > Dusan Soudek > > > > On March 27, 2014 at 8:16 AM Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com> > > wrote: > > > > Hi All > > Today with the high winds and blowing snow I was looking at a few things > > on the Internet and I came across the ice in the eastern North America. > > http://www.natice.noaa.gov/pub/ims/ims_gif/DATA/prvsnow_usa.gif > > In the good old days before the canso causeway this map would have > > looked different - if they had such a map. The Gut of Canso had a > > tremendous tidal flow in and out. Any ice caught up in the flow was soon > > ground up. North West winds like today would push the ice from the Gulf > > down into the south east corner just where the Gut is situated. and out to > > the ocean it would go. > > The result was very little ice in April in the Gulf and. > > no doubt big changes for the rest of nature there. > > Lobsters we know for sure thrived on the new conditions. The extra > > catches were probably worth more than the causeway cost. Tuna also and no > > more exotic fish and ocean things. A whole new world. > > A project with far reaching effects. > > Enjoy shoveling the snow > > Paul > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Rick Ballard > Dartmouth,Nova Scotia, Canada
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