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Chedabucto Bay / ˌ ʃ ɛ d ə ˈ b ʌ k t oʊ / is a large bay on the eastern coast of mainland Nova Scotia between the Atlantic Ocean and the Strait of Canso next to Guysborough County. At the entrance to Chedabucto Bay is the community of Canso at the head is the community of Guysborough and on the other end is the town of Mulgrave .
The Chebucto Peninsula is a peninsula located in central Nova Scotia, Canada, entirely within the Halifax Regional Municipality on the Atlantic coast.. It is bordered by St. Margarets Bay in the west, the open Atlantic Ocean to the south, and Halifax Harbour (including Bedford Basin) to the east.
The vessel was named for Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia. [8] After working up Chedabucto left Esquimalt, British Columbia on 11 November 1941 and arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia on 17 December. On 12 January 1942, Chedabucto rescued the crew of the merchant Independence Hall which had run aground on Sable Island. On 8 April, Chedabucto attacked a ...
Chedabucto Bay; Chignecto Bay; Cobequid Bay; E. East Bay (Nova Scotia) F. ... Greville Bay; M. Mahone Bay; P. Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia; S. Spanish Bay (Nova Scotia ...
On February 4, 1970 in Chedabucto Bay, off the east coast of Nova Scotia and only 14.6 nautical miles from her destination, she ran hard aground on Cerberus Rock, a well-charted hazard to navigation. The accident occurred mid-morning, halfway between high and low tide, as the tanker was driven by 60-knot southwesterly winds and blinded by a ...
Halfway Cove is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in The Municipality of the District of Guysborough in Guysborough County on the shore of Chedabucto Bay. The community is best known for its monument to Henry Sinclair's purported discovery of North America.
During King William's War, in 1690, Captain Cyprian Southack proceeded to Chedabucto to take Fort St. Louis which, unlike Port Royal, Nova Scotia, put up a fight before surrendering. [6] As part of Sir William Phips expedition to destroy the capital of Acadia Port Royal , Phips sent Southack to Chedabacto with 80 men to destroy Fort St. Louis ...
The largest water formation by far is the Chedabucto Bay, at the eastern end of the Eastern Shore. [21] There also numerous, albeit much smaller, bays, harbours and other coastal features along the Eastern Shore, including but not limited to: Musquodoboit Harbour , [ 8 ] Jeddore Harbour, [ 9 ] Ship Harbour, [ 19 ] Sheet Harbour, [ 12 ] [ 13 ...