Gut of Canso Museum and Archives
Port Hastings, Nova Scotia

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The Canso Causeway's History and Impact

 
Top: Concrete Plant at Canso Canal work site.
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'Coyote hole'  looking out from inside Cape Porcupine
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John Bush, bulldozer operator
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Sam Embree of Port Hawkesbury
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Closing the gap as the Canso Causeway approached Cape Breton Island at Port Hastings.
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Five of the workmen for T.C. Gorman Ltd. who were the first across
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From Balhache Point lighthouse on Cape Breton Island looking across to Auld's Cove.
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Norwegian vessel Lionne ran into the Canso Causeway
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Diagram Canso Causeway and Canal construction
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O.J. McCulloch Ltd.'s office
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Lighthouse at Balhache Point  looking across at Cape Porcupine on mainland Nova Scotia.
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Men pushing concrete bucket in place and one of the sets of forms at the bottom of the Canso Canal.
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Cape Porcupine quarry
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Howe 100 ton truck scales and Euclid truck
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Foundation Scarborough taking depth soundings
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120B Bucyrus Erie 6 cubic yard electric shovels and one two and a half yard Lima Diesel Shovel
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Canso Causeway construction project signs
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The swing bridge under construction at the Canso Canal work site
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