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Encyclopedia Britannica



BRAS

This article appears in Volume V04, Page 432 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BOS-BRI
BRAS D'OR, a landlocked and tideless gulf or lake of high irregular outline, 50 M.
long
  by 20 M. broad, almost separating Cape
Breton
 
Island
  (province of Nova Scotia, Canada) into two parts. A ship canal across the
isthmus
  (about 1 m. wide) completes the severance of the
island
 . The entrance to the gulf is on the N.E.
coast
  of the island, and it is connected with the
Atlantic
  by the
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 depth, the other (used by 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 waters being known as the
Great
  Bras d'Or Lake. The waters are generally from 12 to 6o fathoms deep, but in the outer 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. Sea fishing (cod, mackerel, &c.) is the
chief
  industry. The name is said to be a corruption of an Indian word, but it assumed its present form during the French occupation of Cape
Breton
  Island.


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