Aspy River

Aspy River

Infobox River
river_name = Aspy River


caption = Beulach Ban waterfall on the Aspy River
origin =
mouth = Aspy Bay
basin_countries = Canada
length = 40 km
elevation =
mouth_elevation = sea level
discharge =
watershed =

The Aspy River is a river on northeastern Cape Breton Island which rises in the Cape Breton Highlands and empties into Aspy Bay. The river valley follows the ancient Aspy Fault which extends for 40 km inland from the coast and extends along the upper section of the northeast Margaree River. This geological fault is thought to be an extension of the Great Glen Fault in Scotland.Fact|date=March 2008

It is believed by some sources that John Cabot landed at Aspy Bay in 1497. In 1856, a submarine cable was laid across the Cabot Strait from Aspy Bay to Newfoundland establishing a telegraph link between St. John's, Newfoundland and New York City.

A dirt road in Cape Breton Highlands National Park leads to the Beulach Ban falls on the North Aspy River. "Beulach Ban" is Gaelic for "white gorge".

External links

* [http://ns1763.ca/victco/cabotcablem.html John Cabot memorial at Aspy Bay] Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia


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