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unusual facts about Northumberland Strait


Melanie Murray

She was born in the Northumberland Strait Peninsula of Malagash, Nova Scotia where her father worked in the salt mine after he returned from the Second World War.


Cumberland Railway and Coal Company

The same investors also created the Pugwash and Spring Hill Railway Company, which received a charter to build a line north to the Northumberland Strait port of Pugwash from which coal could be shipped to northern Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, eastern New Brunswick and Quebec.

Tidnish River

At Tidnish Bridge, the river flows the final 2 kilometres in a serpentine manner to discharge into the Northumberland Strait at Jacksons Point on Baie Verte.


see also

Abegweit

Abegweit Passage, the narrowest part of the Northumberland Strait.

MV Holiday Island

Built in 1971 by the Government of Canada for Canadian National Railways (CNR) at Port Weller Drydocks in St. Catharines, Ontario, Holiday Island is designed for the sheltered waters of the Northumberland Strait; as such, her vehicle decks are open on both sides and she lacks a hurricane bow.

MV Vacationland

Built in 1971 by the Government of Canada for Canadian National Railways (CNR) at Port Weller Drydocks near St. Catharines, Ontario, Vacationland was designed for the sheltered waters of the Northumberland Strait; and as such her vehicle decks are open on both sides and she lacks a hurricane bow.

Vacationland

MV Vacationland, a ferry that crossed the Northumberland Strait between New Brunswick and PEI, Canada