[NatureNS] Canso Causeway and the storm

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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
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<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&nbsp;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" &lt;terri.crane@ns.sympatico.ca&gt; 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 &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:=
ideaphore@gmail.com" ymailto=3D"mailto:ideaphore@gmail.com">ideaphore@gmail=
.com</a>&gt; wrote: <br>&gt; 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>&gt; <br>&gt; "In the la=
te 1890s and early 1900s the Industrial Cape<br>&gt; Breton&lt;<a href=3D"h=
ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Cape_Breton" target=3D"_blank">http:=
//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Cape_Breton</a>&gt; region<br>&gt; 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>&gt; car ferry that entered service in 1901 was struggling to keep =
up with the<br>&gt; demands despite operating 24-hours per day year-round. =
In 1903 an ambitious<br>&gt; proposal was presented to the provincial and f=
ederal governments known as<br>&gt; the "Strait of Canso Bridge" detailing =
a plan to build a 4,370 ft (1,330 m)<br>&gt; steel cantilever bridge &lt;<a=
 href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantilever_bridge"
 target=3D"_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantilever_bridge</a>&gt; a=
t<br>&gt; the narrowest portion of the strait to carry theIntercolonial<br>=
&gt; Railway&lt;<a href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercolonial_Railw=
ay" target=3D"_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercolonial_Railway</a=
>&gt;'s<br>&gt; main line between Sydney &lt;<a href=3D"http://en.wikipedia=
.org/wiki/Sydney,_Nova_Scotia" target=3D"_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wi=
ki/Sydney,_Nova_Scotia</a>&gt;<br>&gt;&nbsp; and Truro &lt;<a href=3D"http:=
//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truro,_Nova_Scotia" target=3D"_blank">http://en.wik=
ipedia.org/wiki/Truro,_Nova_Scotia</a>&gt;.[1]&lt;<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>&gt;<br>&gt; The<br>=
&gt; span, measuring 1,800 ft (550 m), would have been longer than the Firt=
h of<br>&gt; Forth Bridge &lt;<a
 href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_Railway_Bridge" target=3D"_blan=
k">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_Railway_Bridge</a>&gt; and<br>&gt; ro=
ughly similar in size to the Quebec<br>&gt; Bridge&lt;<a href=3D"http://en.=
wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_Bridge" target=3D"_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org=
/wiki/Quebec_Bridge</a>&gt;<br>&gt; ."<br>&gt; <br>&gt; <br>&gt; <br>&gt; O=
n Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 9:21 AM, Dusan Soudek &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:soudekd@=
ns.sympatico.ca" ymailto=3D"mailto:soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca">soudekd@ns.symp=
atico.ca</a>&gt;wrote:<br>&gt; <br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;  Paul,<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp=
; &nbsp;  just wondering: Did the authorities seriously consider a bridge,<=
br>&gt; &gt; rather than just the causeway/canal option, in the pre-causewa=
y days?<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp; Dusan Soudek<br>&gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; On March =
27, 2014 at 8:16 AM Paul MacDonald &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:paulrita2001@yahoo=
.com"
 ymailto=3D"mailto:paulrita2001@yahoo.com">paulrita2001@yahoo.com</a>&gt;<b=
r>&gt; &gt; wrote:<br>&gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; Hi All<br>&gt; &g=
t;&nbsp; Today with the high winds and blowing snow I was looking at a few =
things<br>&gt; &gt; on the Internet and I came across the ice in the easter=
n North America.<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp; <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>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;  In the =
good old days before the canso causeway this map would have<br>&gt; &gt; lo=
oked different - if they had such a map. The Gut of Canso had a<br>&gt; &gt=
; tremendous tidal flow in and out. Any ice caught up in the flow was soon<=
br>&gt; &gt; ground up. North West winds like today would push the ice from=
 the Gulf<br>&gt; &gt; down into the south east corner just where the Gut i=
s situated. and out to<br>&gt; &gt; the ocean it would go.<br>&gt;
 &gt;&nbsp; The result was very little ice in April in the Gulf and.<br>&gt=
; &gt;&nbsp;  no doubt big changes for the rest of nature there.<br>&gt; &g=
t;&nbsp; Lobsters we know for sure thrived on the new conditions. The extra=
<br>&gt; &gt; catches were probably worth more than the causeway cost.&nbsp=
; Tuna also and no<br>&gt; &gt; more exotic fish and ocean things. A whole =
new world.<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp; A project with far reaching effects.<br>&gt; =
&gt;&nbsp; Enjoy shoveling the snow<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp; Paul<br>&gt; &gt;<br=
>&gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt;<br>&gt; <br>&gt; <br>&gt; <br>&gt; -- =
<br>&gt; Rick Ballard<br>&gt; Dartmouth,Nova Scotia, Canada<br><br><br><br>=
</div>  </div> </div>  </div> </div></body></html>
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