Lake Charles is a small lake in

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’s

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between the communities of Dartmouth and Waverley. It is situated between Port Wallace in the south and Nova Scotia Highway 107 in the North,

Nova Scotia Highway 118 Highway 118 is a divided highway connecting Dartmouth with Highway 102 at Fall River, to the north in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. The highway crosses the historic Shubenacadie Canal and also runs along the western shore of Lake ...

in the west and Nova Scotia Route 318 to the east. It is the summit of the

Shubenacadie Canal The Shubenacadie Canal is a canal in central Nova Scotia, Canada. It links Halifax Harbour with the Bay of Fundy by way of the Shubenacadie River and Shubenacadie Grand Lake. Begun in 1826, it was not completed until 1861 and was closed in 1871 ...

, where the level of the surface is 31 m above sea level. Located in the Shubenacadie watershed, it ultimately feeds into the

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. However, it also feeds into

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through the canal locks at Shubie Park.

Lake Charles Trail

The Lake Charles Trail, part of the

Trans Canada Trail The Trans Canada Trail is a cross-Canada system of greenways, waterways, and roadways that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, Pacific to the Arctic Ocean, Arctic oceans. The trail extends over ; it is now the longe ...

, runs along the western side of the lake, from Shubie Park to the Highway 107

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at Route 318 in Portobello. The trail is approximately 4.39 km long, and has a crusher dust surface. The trail is used year-round and is maintained by the Halifax Regional Municipality.

Other Lake Charles in Nova Scotia

* Guysborough County at

References

Lake Charles TrailShubenacadie Canal
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Soil & Water Conservation Society of Metro Halifax
Landforms of Halifax, Nova Scotia

Charles Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''* ...

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