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In 1927, a portion of the area was designated as a game sanctuary. In 1968, it was designated as a
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Tobeatic is derived from "Place of the Alder" in the
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Department of Natural Resources and Renewables
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Department of Environment and Labour (2006).
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16:Wilderness area in Nova Scotia, Canada
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656:Acacia Grove / Prescott House
590:Region of Queens Municipality
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648:National historic sites
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1020:Springhill Coal Mining
886:Jonathan McCully House
856:Halifax Public Gardens
801:Fortress of Louisbourg
756:D'Anville's Encampment
153:. Located adjacent to
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676:Alexander Graham Bell
628:Cape Breton Highlands
397:Focus on the Tobeatic
374:Paddling the Tobeatic
233:, and Middle to Late
227:Goldenville Formation
76:44.24750°N 65.58056°W
638:Sable Island Reserve
435:Tobeatic Regulations
286:, canoe routes, and
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931:Melanson Settlement
916:Liverpool Town Hall
901:Knaut–Rhuland House
881:Hydrostone District
841:Halifax Court House
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108:Governing body
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555:Guysborough County
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309:The Tent Dwellers
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671:Akins House
357:30 December
131:Nova Scotia
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45:Nova Scotia
1306:Categories
1163:Mira River
1128:Dalem Lake
980:Port-Royal
891:Kejimkujik
786:Fort McNab
701:Beaubassin
666:Africville
633:Kejimkujik
560:Halifax RM
420:8 February
316:References
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67:65°34′50″W
64:44°14′51″N
1148:Long Lake
1000:SS Acadia
771:Fort Anne
284:Campsites
263:Shelburne
191:woodlands
177:Geography
147:Shelburne
135:Annapolis
127:Maritimes
1266:Category
1113:Blomidon
1108:Ben Eoin
766:Fernwood
471:CBC News
288:portages
273:rivers.
235:Devonian
215:hummocks
211:moraines
203:drumlins
199:erratics
187:wetlands
151:Yarmouth
41:Location
1278:Commons
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1179:more...
1103:Arisaig
975:Pier 21
454:15 July
447:SNBRA.
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238:biotite
161:History
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143:Queens
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