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BELLE ISLE, STRAIT OF

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BELLE ISLE, STRAIT OF , the more See also:

northern of the two channels connecting the Gulf of St See also:Lawrence with the See also:Atlantic Ocean. It separates northern See also:Newfoundland from Labrador, and extends N.E. and S.W. for 35 m., with a breadth of Io to 15 M. It derives its name from a precipitous See also:granite See also:island, 700 ft. in height, at its Atlantic entrance. On this See also:light-houses are maintained by the See also:government of See also:Canada and See also:constant communication with the mainland is kept up by wireless telegraphy. The strait is in the most See also:direct route from See also:Europe to the St Lawrence, but is open only from See also:June till the end of See also:November, and even during this See also:period See also:navigation is often rendered dangerous by floating See also:ice and fogs. Through it Jacques See also:Cartier sailed in 1534. The See also:southern or See also:Cabot Strait, between Cape See also:Ray in Newfoundland and Cape See also:North in Cape See also:Breton, was discovered later, and the expansion below Belle Isle was See also:long known as La Grande Baie. Cabot Strait is open all the See also:year, See also:save for occasional inconvenience from See also:drift ice.

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