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Canso

Feature
Point
Name Canso
Indigenous Language of Origin Mi’kmaw, Mi’gmaw
Toponymic Feature ID 44bfd07caf5211d892e2080020a0f4c9
Key CAGBW
Status Official
Concise Term UNP-Unincorporated place
Generic Term Community
Location Guysborough
Province/Territory Nova Scotia
Latitude - Longitude (DMS) 45° 20′ 15″ N, 60° 59′ 46″ W
Latitude - Longitude (decimal) 45.337408, -60.99621
NTS Map Number 011F07
Relevance at Scale 1:7 500 000
Decision Date 2012-07-01
Source Nova Scotia-Department of Internal Services
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