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wrote a classic Canadian poem of courage about a fearless twelve-year-old sailor who single-handedly sailed a schooner through Digby Gut during a storm, entitled "Arnold, Master of the Scud".
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tidal currents and create numerous whirlpools and eddies. The gut is about a half nautical mile in width and bordered by high rocky cliffs. It marks a break in the
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Digby Gut is an inlet that breaks through the line of the North Mountain Range at the north-east end of
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is located on the inner portion of the western side of the Gut. The eastern entrance is marked by the
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Sailing Directions for the South East Coast of Nova Scotia and Bay of Fundy
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Digby Gut is the outlet to the Bay of Fundy for the Annapolis Basin.
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Live web cam of Point Prim, western entrance to Digby Gut
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Annapolis Valley
North Mountain

Digby Neck
Bay of Fundy
Annapolis Basin
Bay of Fundy
Annapolis Basin
Digby, Nova Scotia
Point Prim Lighthouse
knot
North Mountain
Annapolis Valley
Digby Neck
Bear River
drowned river valley

Digby Pines Resort
Saint John
SS Princess Helene
MV Princess of Acadia
Bliss Carman
Sailing Directions for the South East Coast of Nova Scotia and Bay of Fundy (1888) British Hydrographic Service, p. 183-184

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