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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 432 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BRAS D'OR, a landlocked and tideless gulf or See also:

lake of high irregular outline, 50 M. See also:long by 20 M. broad, almost separating Cape See also:Breton See also:Island (See also:province of Nova See also:Scotia, See also:Canada) into two parts. A See also:ship See also:canal across the See also:isthmus (about 1 m. wide) completes the severance of the island. The entrance to the gulf is on the N.E. See also:coast of the island, and it is connected with the See also:Atlantic by the See also:Great and Little Bras d'Or channels, which are divided by Boulardeire Island. One channel is 25 m. long and from 4 m. to 3 M. broad, but is of little See also:depth, the other (used by See also:shipping) is 22 M. long, to 1 z M. wide, and has a depth of no fathoms. The gulf or lake is itself divided into two basins, the inner See also:waters being known as the Great Bras d'Or Lake. The waters are generally from 12 to 6o fathoms deep, but in the See also:outer See also:basin (known as the Little Bras d'Or Lake) are soundings said to reach nearly 700 ft. The shores of the gulf are very picturesque and well wooded and have attracted many tourists. See also:Sea fishing (See also:cod, See also:mackerel, &c.) is the See also:chief See also:industry. The name is said to be a corruption of an See also:Indian word, but it assumed its See also:present See also:form during the See also:French occupation of Cape Breton Island.

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