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    Cabot Strait ( French : détroit de Cabot ) is a strait in eastern Canada approximately 110 kilometres wide between Cape Ray , Newfoundland and Cape North , Cape Breton Island

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    Cabot Strait, the passage between southwest Newfoundland and CAPE BRETON ISLAND . Named for explorer John CABOT , it is 110 km wide between Cape Ray, Nfld, and Cape North, NS ...

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Cabot Strait, channel connecting the Gulf of St Lawrence with the Atlantic Ocean, between Cape Breton Island and Newfoundland Island, south-eastern Canada. The channel is about 100 km (62 mi) wide. It is part of an important shipping route. Ferries cross Cabot Strait, between the two islands. The channel is named after the English navigator John Cabot.

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