Council of Nova Scotia Archives
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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