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Port Hawkesbury Destination Guide

Explore Port Hawkesbury in Canada

Port Hawkesbury in the region of Nova Scotia with its 3,564 inhabitants is a place in Canada - some 694 mi or ( 1117 km ) East of Ottawa , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Port Hawkesbury

Time in Port Hawkesbury is now 05:04 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " America/Halifax " with a UTC offset of -3 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Charlottetown, Evanston, Princeville, Troy, and West Bay Road. Since you are here already, consider visiting Charlottetown . We saw some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Port Hawkesbury ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Canso Causeway Storm

3:33 min by SheriLynnGeddes
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Travelling across the Canso Causeway between Nova Scotia & Cape Breton during a storm on October 5th 2011 ..

Cape Breton Piper

0:18 min by malmac66
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Piper Wally Ellison playing A Trip to Mabou Ridge composed by Dan Hughie Mac Eachern. ..


Canso Causeway 111005.wmv

2:29 min by SKF184
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Canso Causeway in Storm 05. October 2011 ..

Aerial Canada Port Hawkesbury NS

0:30 min by CumulusGranitis
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Aerial Canada Port Hawkesbury NS. Recorded on the 7th and Final Leg of John Lovelace's Cross Canada Century of Flight, "Maritimes Discovery Flight", in Pacific Flying Club's C-172XP, C-GIWM. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Port Hawkesbury

Port Hawkesbury is a town located on the southwestern end of Cape Breton Island, on the north shore of the Strait of Canso, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. The town was originally named Ship Harbour (after the harbour upon which it is located) and is largely a service centre for western Cape Breton Island with many of its residents working in large industries in an industrial park located in the adjacent community of Point Tupper, Richmond County.

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Located at 45.62 -61.36 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Communities in Inverness County, Nova Scotia, General Service Areas in Nova Scotia, Populated coastal places in Canada, Towns in Nova Scotia

Point Tupper, Nova Scotia

Point Tupper is a small rural community located in Richmond County, Nova Scotia on the Strait of Canso in western Cape Breton Island.

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Located at 45.60 -61.37 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Communities in Richmond County, Nova Scotia, General Service Areas in Nova Scotia

Strait of Canso

The Strait of Canso (also Gut of Canso or Canso Strait), is a strait located in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It divides the Nova Scotia peninsula from Cape Breton Island. It is a long thin channel approximately 27 kilometres long and averaging 3 kilometers wide (1 km at its narrowest). The strait connects Chedabucto Bay on the Atlantic Ocean to St. George's Bay on the Northumberland Strait, a sub basin of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

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Located at 45.60 -61.38 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Geographic regions of Nova Scotia, Geography of Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Geography of Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Geography of Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Geography of Richmond County, Nova Scotia, Straits of Nova Scotia, Straits of the Atlantic Ocean

Mulgrave, Nova Scotia

Mulgrave is a town on the Strait of Canso in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada; immediately across from the town of Port Hawkesbury.

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Located at 45.61 -61.39 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Communities in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, General Service Areas in Nova Scotia, Towns in Nova Scotia

Port Hastings, Nova Scotia

Port Hastings (Còbh a' Phlàstair) is a Canadian rural community in Inverness County, Nova Scotia. The community is located at the eastern end of the Canso Causeway on Cape Breton Island.

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Located at 45.63 -61.40 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Communities in Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Designated places in Nova Scotia, General Service Areas in Nova Scotia

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