page_title: Avon River (Nova Scotia)
hierarchical_section_title: Avon River (Nova Scotia)
caption_attribution_description: English: Identifier: landofevangelin00domi (find matches) Title: Land of Evangeline, Dominion Atlantic Railway Year: 1897 (1890s) Authors: Dominion Atlantic Railway Subjects: Publisher: Philadelphia&#160;: J. Murray Jordan Contributing Library: Queen's University Library, W.D. Jordan Special Collections and Music Library Digitizing Sponsor: Queen's University - University of Toronto Libraries View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ' Text Appearing After Image: DOMINION ATLANTIC RAILWAY BRIDGE AT WINDSOR. Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: The Avon River is a small river in central Nova Scotia, Canada.
  A northerly flowing river, the Avon River's flow rises at an elevation of 145 metres at Card and Bag Lakes on the South Mountain, a distance of approximately 29 kilometres southwest of the town of Windsor. Its meander length is 64 km. At Windsor Forks the main tributary, the West Branch Avon River, adds its flow, along with that of the Southwest Branch Avon, to the Avon. The West Branch Avon River rises at an elevation of 175 metres at Black River Lake. Both the flows of the Avon and the West Branch have been impeded by hydropower developments in the early twentieth century. Near the rural community of Martock, the river enters a broad glacial river valley forming a ria where it becomes tidal, creating an estuary for its remaining route to the Minas Basin several kilometres downriver from the town of Hantsport. Another tributary, the St. Croix River joins just below Windsor creating a total watershed of 1,306 square kilometres.
  Rivers flowing into the Avon include the Halfway, Herbert, Cogmagun, Kennetcook and St. Croix.
context_section_description: The Avon River is a small river in central Nova Scotia, Canada.
  A northerly flowing river, the Avon River's flow rises at an elevation of 145 metres (475 ft.) at Card and Bag Lakes on the South Mountain, a distance of approximately 29 kilometres (18 miles) southwest of the town of Windsor. Its meander length is 64 km (40 mi).  At Windsor Forks the main tributary, the West Branch Avon River,  adds its flow, along with that of the Southwest Branch Avon, to the Avon.  The West Branch Avon River rises at an elevation of 175 metres (574 ft.) at Black River Lake.  Both the flows of the Avon and the West Branch have been impeded by hydropower developments in the early twentieth century. Near the rural community of Martock, the river enters a broad glacial river valley forming a ria where it becomes tidal, creating an estuary for its remaining route to the Minas Basin several kilometres downriver from the town of Hantsport. Another tributary, the St. Croix River joins just below Windsor creating a total watershed of 1,306 square kilometres.
  Rivers flowing into the Avon include the Halfway, Herbert, Cogmagun, Kennetcook and St. Croix.
  The Avon River is evident on many very early maps of the region and by 1686 is shown, along with its drainage basin, on Jean-Baptiste-Louis Franquelin's map in great detail.
caption: 19th-century photograph of the Dominion Atlantic Railway bridge at Windsor
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