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The Chéticamp River is a river on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, located at the western entrance to Cape Breton Highlands National Park which includes Acadian Trail. According to estimates by the Province of Nova Scotia, there are 2,650 people resident within the Chéticamp watershed in 2011.[2]

Chéticamp
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceNova Scotia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationChéticamp Lake
Mouth 
 • location
Gulf of St. Lawrence
 • elevation
sea level
Basin size806 km2 (311 sq mi)[1]

The river flows from Chéticamp Lake in the Cape Breton Highlands into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence at the village of Chéticamp, Nova Scotia. Some of the outflow of the lake has been diverted for the Wreck Cove Hydroelectric System project.

Atlantic Salmon visit this river to spawn.


See also



References


  1. Natural History of Nova Scotia Archived 2003-06-07 at the Wayback Machine, Volume 1, p. 152
  2. "Chéticamp Watershed - Community Profile". Community Counts. Province of Nova Scotia. Retrieved 5 October 2012.



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[de] Chéticamp River

Der Chéticamp River ist ein Fluss im Nordwesten von Cape Breton Island in der kanadischen Provinz Nova Scotia.
- [en] Chéticamp River


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