| has gloss | eng: Chedabucto Bay is a large bay on the eastern coast of mainland Nova Scotia between the Atlantic Ocean and the Strait of Canso next to Guysborough County. At the entrance to Chedabucto Bay is the town of Canso at the head is the community of Guysborough and on the other end is the town of Mulgrave. History Chedabucto Bay was formed by the drowning of part of an ancient river system and owes its origin and shape to position of the Chedabucto Fault, which runs across central Nova Scotia from the Bay of Fundy to the Canso peninsula. On Wednesday, February 4, 1970 the Liberian tanker Arrow ran aground on Cerberus Rock with a cargo of 108,000 barrels of Bunker C fuel. The oil spilled into the bay .Out of the 375 statute miles of shoreline 190 miles had been contaminated with oil. |