Little Caribou Entrance
Little Caribou Entrance is a natural coastal water feature located on the south side of Caribou–Munroes Island along the shores of the Northumberland Strait
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Hydrographic Features: Entrance
An entrance is the navigable gateway to a harbour that connects the sheltered waters of the harbour to the open sea or strait. They must balance width and depth; be wide enough for navigation, but narrow enough to reduce wave energy entering the harbour.
Often are marked by buoys, ranges, and channels to ensure safe passage. Entrances are critical hydrographic features, guiding vessels safely from the Northumberland Strait into various protected waters across the coastlines of Pictou County.
Note: Not all Hydrographic Features have official place names included in the Canadian Geographic Names Database., if you know of some Entrances with local names that we have missed, then we encourage you to share that information with us so we can add the info to the atlas.
Hydrographic Feature Sub Categories: Banks / Bays / Brooks (Creeks) / Channels / Coves / Entrance (Passages) / Guts / Harbours / Lakes / Ponds / Pools (Stillwaters) / Rivers / Sluice / Water Falls / Other
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Some official place names in the Pictou County Atlas related to Entrances include:
Big Caribou Entrance
Big Caribou Entrance is a natural coastal water feature on the Northumberland Strait, forming part of the intricate channels, reefs, and island passages around Caribou Island, and the Caribou–Munroes Island areas. The Nova Scotia to Prince Edward Island ferry route travels through the Big Caribou Entrance while exiting Caribou Harbour enroute to PEI.
Pictou Road
While perhaps a little confusing, Pictou Road is the name of a roadway, but the official name to the entrance into Pictou Harbour.
The entrance to the harbour is protected by two sandbars and is about 400m wide.
Main Channel
Like Inside Channel, Main Channel is a waterway that flows between Munroes Island and the mainland, however the Main Channel is south of the Inside Channel.