Tidnish Bridge is a community in the

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province of

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, located in

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on the interprovincial border with

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between Upper Tidnish, and Lower Tidnish on the

Tidnish River The Tidnish River is a short Canada, Canadian river on the Isthmus of Chignecto along the interprovincial boundary with New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Rising in the northwest corner of Cumberland County, east of the interprovincial boundary, the ...

. Tidnish Bridge is home to the

Chignecto Ship Railway The Chignecto Ship Railway is a historic Canadian portage railway located in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. With Canadian Confederation in 1867, a variety of canal-building projects were undertaken throughout the new country by the new federal gov ...

Keystone Bridge and would have been the Baie Verte terminus.

Tidnish Dock Provincial Park Tidnish is a community in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. The community has a population of 1,327 and a community center located at 4358 Highway 366, RR#2. Community area includes Tidnish River The Tidnish River is a short Canadian ri ...

is where the last piece of the project remained. The name Tidnish is of

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i origin, said to signify "A Paddle". TidnishRiverAtRailwayBridge

External links

*Waymarking.com
Chignecto Ship Railway - Keystone Bridge
*Pearl MacD.Atkins

''Amherst Citizen'', January 4, 1986 *Tidnish Dock Provincial Par
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