Editing Aspy River

{{Infobox river
 | name              = Aspy River
 | image             = BeulachBanFalls23.jpg
 | image_caption     = Beulach Ban waterfall on the Aspy River
 | subdivision_type1 = Country
 | subdivision_name1 = [[Canada]]
 | subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
 | subdivision_name2 = [[Nova Scotia]]
 | source1_location  = 
 | mouth_location    = [[Aspy Bay]]
 |length_km=40
| source1_elevation = 
 | mouth_elevation   = [[sea level]]
 | discharge1_avg    = 
 | basin_size        = 
}}

The '''Aspy River'''  ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|æ|s|p|i}})<ref>{{Citation| author = The Canadian Press| author-link = The Canadian Press| title = The Canadian Press Stylebook| place = Toronto| publisher = [[The Canadian Press]]| edition = 18th| year = 2017}}</ref> is a [[river]] on northeastern [[Cape Breton Island]] which rises in the [[Cape Breton Highlands]] and empties into [[Aspy Bay]]. The North Aspy follows the ancient [[Aspy Fault]] which extends for 40&nbsp;km inland from the coast and extends along the upper section of the  northeast [[Margaree River]]. This [[geological fault]] is thought to be a part of the [[Cabot Fault]] ([[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]])/ [[Great Glen Fault]] ([[Scotland]]) system of [[Avalonia]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wilson |first=Tuzo |author-link=John Tuzo Wilson |title=Cabot Fault, An Appalachian Equivalent of the San Andreas and Great Glen Faults and some Implications for Continental Displacement |journal=Nature |volume=195 |pages=135–138 |date=14 July 1962 |doi=10.1038/195135a0 |issue=4837 |bibcode=1962Natur.195..135W}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |chapter=A geotraverse through the Appalachians of northern Newfoundland |first=John F. |last=Dewey |author-link=John Frederick Dewey |first2=Michael J. |last2=Kennedy |first3=William S.F. |last3=Kidd |year=1983 |volume=10 |title=Profiles of Orogenic Belts |series=Geodynamics Series |publisher=American Geophysical Union |editor=Nicholas Rast |editor2=Frances M. Delany |url=http://www.atmos.albany.edu/facstaff/wkidd/Dewey_etal83.pdf}}</ref>

It is believed by some sources that [[John Cabot]] landed at Aspy Bay in 1497. In 1856, a submarine cable was laid across the [[Cabot Strait]] from Aspy Bay to [[Colony of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]] establishing a [[telegraph]] link between [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's, Newfoundland]] and [[New York City]].

A dirt road in [[Cape Breton Highlands National Park]] leads to the Beulach Ban falls on the North Aspy River. "Beulach Ban" is [[Scottish Gaelic|Gaelic]] for "white gorge".

==See also==
* [[List of rivers of Nova Scotia]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070309070427/http://ns1763.ca/victco/cabotcablem.html  John Cabot memorial at Aspy Bay] Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

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[[Category:Landforms of Inverness County, Nova Scotia]]