The Canso Causeway: Tartan Tourism, Industrial Development, and the Promise of Progress for Cape Breton

This article assesses the conceptualization, construction, and mythologizing of the Canso Causeway, a major post-Second World War reconstruction project that joined mainland Nova Scotia to Cape Breton Island in 1955. Sought after in order to help improve the waning prospects of Cape Breton’s coal an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Beaton, Meaghan, Muise, Del
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Acadiensis Press 2008
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Online Access:https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Acadiensis/article/view/11148