Canso Strait, Nova Scotia

Trans Canada Hwy. 104

Day 23: Tuesday, September 4, 2001

Canso Strait

It's nearly 4 PM, and we're crossing the Canso Strait that separates Cape Breton Island from the mainland of Nova Scotia. We started from Hillsborough at around 9 AM, so we've been on the road approximately 7 hours.

Loading Gypsum

Somewhere on this strait is the site of a superport. Here they are in the process of loading ore, perhaps gypsum. A causway crosses most of the strait with a swinging bridge to allow boat traffic to cross between Cape Breton Island and the mainland.

Sail Boat Crossing Here

At 9:40 AM, they stopped the traffic and rotated the bridge to open a small channel so the sail boat could go on his way. The road traffic had a small wait for him to pass and the bridge to be repositioned. We were about 1 hr. and 10 minutes away from Baddeck.

This and the previous picture were taken September 7^th, when we returned from Cape Breton Island. That day sparkled with georgeous blue skies unlike the day that we crossed over the causway on the way to Baddeck.