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Place Name
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Canso
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Place Status (Type)
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town
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Population
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1,228 (1991)
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Location
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Nova Scotia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
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45°21'N
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Longitude
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61°00'W
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Canso
, town (1991 pop. 1,228), S central N.S., Canada, on the
Atlantic Ocean, near Cape Canso, the easternmost point of N.S.
peninsula proper; 45°21'N 61°00'W. The harbor was much used by
fishing fleets in colonial times and was fortified by the British in
1720. The Gut, or Strait, of Canso, scarcely
1 mi/1.6 km wide in places, separates N.S.
peninsula from Cape Breton Isl.
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