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FIRST PAYING CUSTOMERS - Construction of the causeway and canal would continue through the winter of 1955 and the first traffic would begin to cross the Canso Causeway on May 20th, 1955, J. Alvin West who had worked on the car ferries was supervisor of the tolls.

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Photo of Canso Causeway, taken from Cape Porcupine, looking towards Cape Breton Island.
1955
Canso Causeway