| Comprehension
Questions
- What two
industries gave jobs to Port Hawkesbury before the Canso Causeway opened?
- Why do
companies which ship heavy things want to locate in Port Hawkesbury?
- Does the
future of Port Hawkesbury look bright? Why or why not?
Map
Skills
This story
talks about how Port Hawkesbury’s location has helped the town grow. Use
an atlas or map to do the activities below. They all have to do with Port
Hawkesbury’s location.
- Find Port
Hawkesbury on a map (page 52 in the Nystrom Canadian Desk Atlas). Now
find the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Can you see why Port Hawkesbury would
be a good place for American fishing ships to get supplies from?
- Port Hawkesbury
has the best deep water harbour on the east coast of North America.
Look at a map of the United States (pages 68-69 in the Nystrom Canadian
Desk Atlas). What cities do you see on the east coast of the United
States? Most cities that are on a coast have harbours.
- Find the
places listed in the Place Names box on a map. Most of them will be
on a map of Nova Scotia.
|