St Peter's Canal
St. Peters Canal is an 800 metre canal linking the Atlantic Ocean with Bras d'Or Lake. Work started on the canal in 1854 and was completed in 1869. The canal also boasts the only functioning lock system in Nova Scotia. There is tidal activity at both ends of the canal, and there can be a difference of up to 1.4 m between the water level of the lake and ocean. For this reason, both entrances have double-lock gates. All kinds of pleasure craft now use the canal during the summer: canoes, schooners and power cruisers. Only occasionally does a commercial vessel pass through these locks that once were so vital to communication and the economy of Cape Breton Island. --from Wikipedia
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