Northumberland Strait
Americannoun
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Immediately announcing his candidacy, Mulroney moved his family from Montreal into a three-bedroom log cabin in Northumberland Strait, Nova Scotia, and forswore his Gucci shoes and expensive suits for moccasins and old sweaters.
From Time Magazine Archive
The islands and reefs which front its northeast side form the western side of Northumberland Strait.
From The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient by Halstead, Murat
At last we approach the precincts of Northumberland Strait, and are cleverly carried into New Glasgow.
From Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses by Cozzens, Frederic S.
Prince Edward Island is only a little bit broken off by the Northumberland Strait from those two bigger brethren, and Upper and Lower Canada are essential to each other's prosperity.
From Canada and the States by Watkin, E. W. (Edward William)
The distance from Pictou to Charlotte Town, Prince Edward Island, is sixty miles, and by this route, through Nova Scotia and across Northumberland Strait, the English mail is transmitted once a fortnight.
From The Englishwoman in America by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
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