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Index of Subjects --2119117045-1079292833-1396046756=:55466 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Tom=0AOn the other side of the causeway in eastern PEI=0Athey used to ca= tch a few haddock but they disappeared after the causeway although cod and = hake were about as plentiful as ever.=0AScientists say - if they can be bel= ieved - that=A0the haddock stock has made a good comeback and catchs are up= to 1980 levels.=0ANothing better than a fresh haddock - I'll get out a jig= in a couple of months.=0AEnjoy the spring=0APaul=0AOn Thursday, March 27, = 2014 5:33:43 PM, "terri.crane@ns.sympatico.ca" <terri.crane@ns.sympatico.ca= > wrote:=0A =0AGang=0A=0AI'm sure the depth of water and the power of the = ice this time of year would help sway them towards the Causeway option.=0A= =0AThere was a tuna bonanza for a few years there but nothing now like then= the movements of the bait seem to have changed. =0A=0AWe lost a whole fish= ery in the Chedabucto Bay. There use to be a Haddock spawning grounds and n= ursery in the bay and fishermen would target this specie. It didn't take lo= ng before they disappeared from this area. To catch one off here now would = be like getting a good photo of a Cougar!=0A=0ATom Kavanaugh=0ACanso=0A=0A-= --- Rick Ballard <ideaphore@gmail.com> wrote: =0A> From Wikipedia ( http://= en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canso_Causeway) :=0A> =0A> "In the late 1890s and ear= ly 1900s the Industrial Cape=0A> Breton<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indust= rial_Cape_Breton> region=0A> was experiencing unprecedented economic growth= as a result of multiple coal=0A> mines and two large integrated steel mill= s having opened. The *Scotia* rail=0A> car ferry that entered service in 19= 01 was struggling to keep up with the=0A> demands despite operating 24-hour= s per day year-round. In 1903 an ambitious=0A> proposal was presented to th= e provincial and federal governments known as=0A> the "Strait of Canso Brid= ge" detailing a plan to build a 4,370 ft (1,330 m)=0A> steel cantilever bri= dge <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantilever_bridge> at=0A> the narrowest p= ortion of the strait to carry theIntercolonial=0A> Railway<http://en.wikipe= dia.org/wiki/Intercolonial_Railway>'s=0A> main line between Sydney <http://= en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney,_Nova_Scotia>=0A>=A0 and Truro <http://en.wiki= pedia.org/wiki/Truro,_Nova_Scotia>.[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canso_C= auseway#cite_note-cchi-1>=0A> The=0A> span, measuring 1,800 ft (550 m), wou= ld have been longer than the Firth of=0A> Forth Bridge <http://en.wikipedia= .org/wiki/Forth_Railway_Bridge> and=0A> roughly similar in size to the Queb= ec=0A> Bridge<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_Bridge>=0A> ."=0A> =0A> = =0A> =0A> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 9:21 AM, Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympati= co.ca>wrote:=0A> =0A> >=A0 Paul,=0A> >=A0 =A0 just wondering: Did the aut= horities seriously consider a bridge,=0A> > rather than just the causeway/c= anal option, in the pre-causeway days?=0A> >=A0 Dusan Soudek=0A> >=0A> > On= March 27, 2014 at 8:16 AM Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com>=0A> > wr= ote:=0A> >=0A> >=A0 =A0 Hi All=0A> >=A0 Today with the high winds and blowi= ng snow I was looking at a few things=0A> > on the Internet and I came acro= ss the ice in the eastern North America.=0A> >=A0 http://www.natice.noaa.go= v/pub/ims/ims_gif/DATA/prvsnow_usa.gif=0A> >=A0 In the good old days befor= e the canso causeway this map would have=0A> > looked different - if they h= ad such a map. The Gut of Canso had a=0A> > tremendous tidal flow in and ou= t. Any ice caught up in the flow was soon=0A> > ground up. North West winds= like today would push the ice from the Gulf=0A> > down into the south east= corner just where the Gut is situated. and out to=0A> > the ocean it would= go.=0A> >=A0 The result was very little ice in April in the Gulf and.=0A> = >=A0 no doubt big changes for the rest of nature there.=0A> >=A0 Lobsters = we know for sure thrived on the new conditions. The extra=0A> > catches wer= e probably worth more than the causeway cost.=A0 Tuna also and no=0A> > mor= e exotic fish and ocean things. A whole new world.=0A> >=A0 A project with = far reaching effects.=0A> >=A0 Enjoy shoveling the snow=0A> >=A0 Paul=0A> >= =0A> >=0A> >=0A> >=0A> =0A> =0A> =0A> -- =0A> Rick Ballard=0A> Dartmouth,No= va Scotia, Canada --2119117045-1079292833-1396046756=:55466 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ve= rdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div><span>Hi Tom</span></div>= <div><span>On the other side of the causeway in eastern PEI</span></div><di= v><span>they used to catch a few haddock but they disappeared after the cau= seway although cod and hake were about as plentiful as ever.</span></div><d= iv><span>Scientists say - if they can be believed - that the haddock s= tock has made a good comeback and catchs are up to 1980 levels.</span></div= ><div><span>Nothing better than a fresh haddock - I'll get out a jig in a c= ouple of months.</span></div><div><span>Enjoy the spring</span></div><div><= span>Paul</span></div><div class=3D"yahoo_quoted" style=3D"display: block;"= > <div style=3D"font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14p= t;"> <div style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, A= rial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"> On Thursday, March 27, 2014 5:33:43 PM, "terri.= crane@ns.sympatico.ca" <terri.crane@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:<br> </fon= t> </div> <div class=3D"y_msg_container">Gang<br><br>I'm sure the depth of= water and the power of the ice this time of year would help sway them towa= rds the Causeway option.<br><br>There was a tuna bonanza for a few years th= ere but nothing now like then the movements of the bait seem to have change= d. <br><br>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. T= o catch one off here now would be like getting a good photo of a Cougar!<br= ><br>Tom Kavanaugh<br>Canso<br><br>---- Rick Ballard <<a href=3D"mailto:= ideaphore@gmail.com" ymailto=3D"mailto:ideaphore@gmail.com">ideaphore@gmail= .com</a>> wrote: <br>> From Wikipedia ( <a href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canso_Causeway" target=3D"_blank">htt= p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canso_Causeway</a>) :<br>> <br>> "In the la= te 1890s and early 1900s the Industrial Cape<br>> Breton<<a href=3D"h= ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Cape_Breton" target=3D"_blank">http:= //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Cape_Breton</a>> region<br>> was e= xperiencing unprecedented economic growth as a result of multiple coal<br>&= gt; mines and two large integrated steel mills having opened. The *Scotia* = rail<br>> car ferry that entered service in 1901 was struggling to keep = up with the<br>> demands despite operating 24-hours per day year-round. = In 1903 an ambitious<br>> proposal was presented to the provincial and f= ederal governments known as<br>> the "Strait of Canso Bridge" detailing = a plan to build a 4,370 ft (1,330 m)<br>> steel cantilever bridge <<a= href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantilever_bridge" target=3D"_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantilever_bridge</a>> a= t<br>> the narrowest portion of the strait to carry theIntercolonial<br>= > Railway<<a href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercolonial_Railw= ay" target=3D"_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercolonial_Railway</a= >>'s<br>> main line between Sydney <<a href=3D"http://en.wikipedia= .org/wiki/Sydney,_Nova_Scotia" target=3D"_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wi= ki/Sydney,_Nova_Scotia</a>><br>> and Truro <<a href=3D"http:= //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truro,_Nova_Scotia" target=3D"_blank">http://en.wik= ipedia.org/wiki/Truro,_Nova_Scotia</a>>.[1]<<a href=3D"http://en.wiki= pedia.org/wiki/Canso_Causeway#cite_note-cchi-1" target=3D"_blank">http://en= .wikipedia.org/wiki/Canso_Causeway#cite_note-cchi-1</a>><br>> The<br>= > span, measuring 1,800 ft (550 m), would have been longer than the Firt= h of<br>> Forth Bridge <<a href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_Railway_Bridge" target=3D"_blan= k">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_Railway_Bridge</a>> and<br>> ro= ughly similar in size to the Quebec<br>> Bridge<<a href=3D"http://en.= wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_Bridge" target=3D"_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org= /wiki/Quebec_Bridge</a>><br>> ."<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> O= n Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 9:21 AM, Dusan Soudek <<a href=3D"mailto:soudekd@= ns.sympatico.ca" ymailto=3D"mailto:soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca">soudekd@ns.symp= atico.ca</a>>wrote:<br>> <br>> > Paul,<br>> > = ; just wondering: Did the authorities seriously consider a bridge,<= br>> > rather than just the causeway/canal option, in the pre-causewa= y days?<br>> > Dusan Soudek<br>> ><br>> > On March = 27, 2014 at 8:16 AM Paul MacDonald <<a href=3D"mailto:paulrita2001@yahoo= .com" ymailto=3D"mailto:paulrita2001@yahoo.com">paulrita2001@yahoo.com</a>><b= r>> > wrote:<br>> ><br>> > Hi All<br>> &g= t; Today with the high winds and blowing snow I was looking at a few = things<br>> > on the Internet and I came across the ice in the easter= n North America.<br>> > <a href=3D"http://www.natice.noaa.gov/p= ub/ims/ims_gif/DATA/prvsnow_usa.gif" target=3D"_blank">http://www.natice.no= aa.gov/pub/ims/ims_gif/DATA/prvsnow_usa.gif</a><br>> > In the = good old days before the canso causeway this map would have<br>> > lo= oked different - if they had such a map. The Gut of Canso had a<br>> >= ; tremendous tidal flow in and out. Any ice caught up in the flow was soon<= br>> > ground up. North West winds like today would push the ice from= the Gulf<br>> > down into the south east corner just where the Gut i= s situated. and out to<br>> > the ocean it would go.<br>> > The result was very little ice in April in the Gulf and.<br>>= ; > no doubt big changes for the rest of nature there.<br>> &g= t; Lobsters we know for sure thrived on the new conditions. The extra= <br>> > catches were probably worth more than the causeway cost. = ; Tuna also and no<br>> > more exotic fish and ocean things. A whole = new world.<br>> > A project with far reaching effects.<br>> = > Enjoy shoveling the snow<br>> > Paul<br>> ><br= >> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> -- = <br>> Rick Ballard<br>> Dartmouth,Nova Scotia, Canada<br><br><br><br>= </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></body></html> --2119117045-1079292833-1396046756=:55466--
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