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- Chignecto_Ship_Railway abstract "The Chignecto Ship Railway is a historic Canadian portage railway located in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.The project was first proposed in 1875 by notable civil engineer Henry Ketchum as a means to transport ships across the Isthmus of Chignecto, shortening the sailing distance between the Bay of Fundy and the Gulf of St. Lawrence by avoiding the necessity of sailing 500 nmi (930 km) around Nova Scotia. A canal had been proposed for the isthmus but financing was proving difficult to secure. Ketchum submitted his proposal to the Government of Canada in 1881. In 1882 the Chignecto Marine Transport Railway Company was incorporated as a federally chartered railway. It was financed by Baring Brothers and Company, London.In 1685 during an inspection of the now defunct Acadian settlement of Beaubassin, intendant Jacques de Meulles reported that the one league portage could be made into a ditch, since the elevation is low.".
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageID "34674471".
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageLength "6080".
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageOutDegree "38".
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageRevisionID "700682835".
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Acadia.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Amherst,_Nova_Scotia.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Baie_Verte_(Northumberland_Strait).
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Baring_crisis.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Barings_Bank.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Bay_of_Fundy.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Beaubassin.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Canada.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Canal.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Category:Buildings_and_structures_in_Cumberland_County,_Nova_Scotia.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Category:Defunct_Nova_Scotia_railways.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Category:Portages_in_Canada.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Category:Transport_in_Cumberland_County,_Nova_Scotia.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Cumberland_Basin_(Canada).
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Cumberland_County,_Nova_Scotia.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Dry_dock.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Fort_Lawrence,_Nova_Scotia.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Government_of_Nova_Scotia.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Gulf_of_Saint_Lawrence.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Henry_Ketchum.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Intendant_of_New_France.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Isthmus_of_Chignecto.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Jack_(device).
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Jacques_de_Meulles.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink League_(unit).
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Lock_(water_navigation).
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink London.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Missaguash_River.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink New_Brunswick.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Nova_Scotia.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Parliament_of_Canada.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Portage.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Portage_railway.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Prince_Edward_Island.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Standard_gauge.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Tidnish_Bridge,_Nova_Scotia.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Tidnish_Cross_Roads.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLink File:Shiprailwaydock.jpg.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLinkText "Chignecto Ship Railway".
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLinkText "Fort Lawrence Terminus".
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageWikiLinkText "a broad gauge railway".
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Convert.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway subject Category:Buildings_and_structures_in_Cumberland_County,_Nova_Scotia.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway subject Category:Defunct_Nova_Scotia_railways.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway subject Category:Portages_in_Canada.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway subject Category:Transport_in_Cumberland_County,_Nova_Scotia.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway hypernym Railway.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway type Company.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway type RailwayLine.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway type Road.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway type Company.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway type Road.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway comment "The Chignecto Ship Railway is a historic Canadian portage railway located in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.The project was first proposed in 1875 by notable civil engineer Henry Ketchum as a means to transport ships across the Isthmus of Chignecto, shortening the sailing distance between the Bay of Fundy and the Gulf of St. Lawrence by avoiding the necessity of sailing 500 nmi (930 km) around Nova Scotia. A canal had been proposed for the isthmus but financing was proving difficult to secure.".
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway label "Chignecto Ship Railway".
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway sameAs Q5097222.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway sameAs m.0j27683.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway sameAs Q5097222.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway wasDerivedFrom Chignecto_Ship_Railway?oldid=700682835.
- Chignecto_Ship_Railway isPrimaryTopicOf Chignecto_Ship_Railway.