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shipped annually from New France to South
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1080:
1065:
1053:
1045:
1040:
1026:
1011:Whylah Falls
1009:
1003:
999:
983:
980:Demographics
968:
884:mm (inches)
538:
514:
475:
452:
444:Bay of Fundy
437:
416:
401:
398:
394:
385:Sam Langford
378:
375:Sam Langford
358:
328:
311:Digby County
302:
301:
245:Colin Fraser
15:
1738:Communities
1712:North Shore
1659:St. Peter's
1506:New Glasgow
1461:Bridgewater
1403:Guysborough
1340:Cape Breton
1209:Guysborough
1189:Cape Breton
1163:Nova Scotia
970:Fur farming
517:Highway 101
428:J.D. Irving
338:James Moody
315:Nova Scotia
266:Postal Code
199:Clare-Digby
154:Nova Scotia
111: /
79:Nova Scotia
1809:Categories
1589:Bible Hill
1531:Stellarton
1491:Mahone Bay
1451:Antigonish
1418:St. Mary's
1398:East Hants
1378:Barrington
1355:West Hants
1297:Cumberland
1292:Colchester
1287:Antigonish
1199:Cumberland
1194:Colchester
1184:Antigonish
1018:References
490:Southville
205:Government
194:Provincial
99:65°59′55″W
96:44°24′18″N
1639:New Minas
1624:Hebbville
1619:Greenwood
1579:Aylesford
1556:Wolfville
1551:Westville
1536:Stewiacke
1526:Shelburne
1496:Middleton
1486:Lunenburg
1481:Lockeport
1476:Kentville
1413:Shelburne
1408:Lunenburg
1302:Inverness
1282:Annapolis
1254:Shelburne
1234:Lunenburg
1224:Inverness
1179:Annapolis
494:Riverdale
434:Geography
391:Disasters
279:Area code
255:Time zone
187:West Nova
1679:Weymouth
1674:Westport
1669:Tiverton
1629:Kingston
1614:Freeport
1571:Villages
1561:Yarmouth
1501:Mulgrave
1423:Yarmouth
1322:Victoria
1317:Richmond
1264:Yarmouth
1259:Victoria
1249:Richmond
1171:Counties
1014:(1990).
986:Acadians
954:Source:
949:(50.99)
880:Average
875:(−18.9)
825:(−10.3)
820:(−18.9)
815:(−11.9)
529:Yarmouth
467:Yarmouth
350:Weymouth
335:Loyalist
303:Weymouth
142:Province
71:Weymouth
25:Weymouth
1649:Pugwash
1599:Chester
1594:Canning
1584:Baddeck
1541:Trenton
1456:Berwick
1441:Amherst
1383:Chester
1345:Halifax
1214:Halifax
990:Mi'kmaq
965:Economy
947:1,295.2
939:(4.93)
934:(4.13)
929:(4.41)
924:(3.13)
919:(3.83)
914:(3.62)
909:(4.23)
899:(4.31)
894:(3.85)
889:(5.19)
860:(19.9)
850:(36.5)
845:(37.0)
840:(30.0)
835:(21.9)
830:(10.9)
805:(36.7)
800:(23.9)
795:(33.4)
790:(40.1)
785:(47.8)
780:(54.9)
775:(55.6)
770:(49.8)
765:(41.5)
760:(33.3)
755:(24.6)
750:(18.0)
745:(18.0)
730:(37.8)
725:(46.8)
720:(56.7)
715:(66.4)
710:(74.1)
705:(74.7)
700:(69.4)
695:(61.0)
685:(40.3)
680:(33.1)
675:(32.5)
660:(64.9)
650:(77.9)
645:(84.9)
635:(90.5)
625:(87.1)
610:(63.5)
535:Climate
521:Trunk 1
502:Hassett
498:Danvers
471:Halifax
379:Nearby
325:History
317:on the
291:Website
181:Federal
170:Founded
124:Country
33:Village
1748:People
1516:Pictou
1511:Oxford
1373:Argyle
1350:Queens
1312:Pictou
1244:Queens
1239:Pictou
944:(5.6)
904:(3.8)
870:(−13)
556:Month
284:+1-902
160:County
151:
136:Canada
133:
1726:Lists
1609:Dover
1546:Truro
1471:Digby
1433:Towns
1393:Digby
1388:Clare
1307:Kings
1229:Kings
1219:Hants
1204:Digby
937:125.2
932:104.8
927:111.9
907:107.5
897:109.5
887:131.9
873:−28.3
855:(27)
828:−11.7
823:−23.5
818:−28.3
813:−24.4
735:(54)
690:(50)
665:(91)
655:(73)
640:(91)
630:(91)
620:(75)
615:(72)
605:(66)
595:Year
463:Digby
455:Clare
446:into
307:rural
305:is a
164:Digby
974:mink
922:79.4
917:97.4
912:91.9
892:97.7
865:(9)
858:−6.7
838:−1.1
833:−5.6
798:−4.5
778:12.7
773:13.1
753:−4.1
748:−7.8
743:−7.8
718:13.7
713:19.1
708:23.4
703:23.7
698:20.8
693:16.1
658:18.3
648:25.5
643:29.4
633:32.5
623:30.6
608:17.5
592:Dec
589:Nov
586:Oct
583:Sep
580:Aug
577:Jul
574:Jun
571:May
568:Apr
565:Mar
562:Feb
559:Jan
508:and
486:Ohio
457:and
286:-837
173:1783
942:141
868:−25
863:−13
848:2.5
843:2.8
803:2.6
793:0.8
788:4.5
783:8.8
768:9.9
763:5.3
758:0.7
728:3.2
723:8.2
683:4.6
678:0.6
673:0.3
527:to
271:B0W
260:ATS
248:(L)
1811::
988:,
902:97
853:−3
733:12
688:10
663:33
653:23
638:33
628:33
618:24
613:22
603:19
512:.
504:,
500:,
496:,
492:,
488:,
484:,
480:,
473:.
450:.
356:.
352:,
313:,
1154:e
1147:t
1140:v
1101:.
1034:.
236:)
234:L
232:(
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