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Beaton Institute, Cape Breton University

Sailing ship and crowd at St. Peter's Canal

By the 1870s, St. Peter's canal was being used for commercial shipping. At 800 meters, the canal is an exceptional engineering feat and designated a National Historic Site in 1929.

Date: 1886

Reference:  Beaton Institute, Cape Breton University bi-76-4c

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