Canada Yearbook - 1897

TELEGRAPHS.
LAND AND CABLE TELEGRAPH LINES OWNED BY GOVERNMENT IN THE SEVERAL PROVINCES OF CANADA.
Location of Lines.
Points connected.
Land
Lines.
Cables.
Total.
Number
of
Offices.
Yearly
Average
Number of
Messages
sent.
Newfoundland.
Nova Scotia
Port au Basque—Cape Ray
North Sydney—Meat Cove (with loops)
Across Bras d'Or Channel
" St. Anne's Harbour
" Ingonish Harbour
Meat Cove—St. Paul's Island
On St. Paul's Island
Mabou—Chetieamp
Barrington- Cape Sable
Across Bear Point Channel
" Light-House Channel
Bay of Fundy System :
New Brunswick Chatham—Eseuminac... .
Eastport—Campobello
On mainland Eastport.
On Campobello Island
Campobello—Grand Manan
On Grand Manan Island
Grand Manan—Cheney's Island
On Cheney's Island
Cheney's Island—Whitehead Island.
Quebec
Bay St. Paul—Chicoutimi
Murray Bay—Point Esquimaux
Across Saguenay River
Bersimis to Manicouagan
Manicouagan to Godbout
Miles.
14
156J
3
63
16
42
7i
25i
!)2
4561
Knots.
4
20*
74
"i
ii
12
26
14
1574
23
63
17|
42
44|
92
400
2
13
2
7
3
6
35
5,700
50
2,000
450
750
600
I 18,400
1
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