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Cabot Strait [1] (/ ˈ k æ b ə t /; French: détroit de Cabot, French:) is in Atlantic Canada between Cape Ray, Newfoundland, and Cape North, Cape Breton Island. [2] The strait, approximately 110 kilometres wide, is the widest of the three outlets for the Gulf of Saint Lawrence into the Atlantic Ocean, the others being the Strait of Belle Isle and Strait of Canso.
Cabot Strait, about 56 miles wide, is the entrance to the Gulf of St. Lawrence between Cape Ray, Newfoundland, and Cape North, the NE point of Cape Breton Island. [29] Strait of Canso [30] is located between Cape Breton Island and mainland Nova Scotia, it originally served as an outlet 1.0 km (0.6 mi) wide and 60 m (200 ft) deep at its deepest.
Marine Atlantic operates ferries across the Cabot Strait on two routes: North Sydney, Nova Scotia, and Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador; North Sydney, Nova Scotia, and Argentia, Newfoundland and Labrador; The 96-nautical-mile (178 km) Port aux Basques route is operated year-round.
Strait Location Cabot Strait: Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island: Caicos Passage: Turks and Caicos Islands and the Bahamas: Strait of Canso: Cape Breton Island and mainland Nova Scotia: Carquinez Strait: San Pablo Bay and Suisun Bay, California: Cebu Strait (a.k.a. Bohol Strait) Bohol and Cebu: Chatham Strait: Chichagof Island and Admiralty ...
The Strait of Belle Isle connects the Gulf of St. Lawrence with the Labrador Sea and is the narrowest channel separating Newfoundland from mainland Canada. The Cabot Strait separates Newfoundland from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. The continental shelf off Newfoundland is known as the Grand Banks.
The Battle of the St. Lawrence involved marine and anti-submarine actions throughout the lower St. Lawrence River and the entire Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Strait of Belle Isle, Anticosti Island and Cabot Strait from May–October 1942, September 1943, and again in October–November 1944.
Channel-Port aux Basques is a town at the extreme southwestern tip of Newfoundland fronting on the western end of the Cabot Strait.A Marine Atlantic ferry terminal is located in the town which is the primary entry point onto the island of Newfoundland and the western terminus of the Newfoundland and Labrador Route 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) in the province.
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