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information for the following story comes from the following Internet
sites accessed 5/20/03:
http://www.canals.com/shuben.htm
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/places/shubie.htm
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/places/shubie/shub_txt.htm
http://waverly.chebucto.org/Museum/shubie.html
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Scotia's Famous Canal
Did you know that
Nova Scotia has one of the most famous waterways in the Maritimes? It's
true! During the last ice age, the glaciers formed the Shubenacadie
waterway out of bedrock.  The
Mi'kmaq people used this waterway to travel between Halifax Harbour
and the Bay of Fundy.
Many years passed
and in 1749, settlers from England had gained control of Halifax. In
1794, Governor Sir John Wentworth saw how the Shubenacadie waterway
could be of great use to the military and benefit the economy of Halifax
if it were made into a canal. This would make land in the western part
of Canada more accessible to settlers and the Halifax merchants.
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