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</ref> The [[strait]], approximately 110 kilometres wide, is the widest of the three outlets for the [[Gulf of Saint Lawrence]] into the [[Atlantic Ocean]], the others being the [[Strait of Belle Isle]] and [[Strait of Canso]]. It is named for the Italian explorer [[Giovanni Caboto]].<ref name="canadianencyclopedia"/>
==Geography and geology==
The strait's bathymetry is varied, with the [[Laurentian Channel]] creating a deep trench through its centre, and comparatively shallow coastal waters closer to Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island. These bathymetric conditions have been known by mariners to cause [[Rogue wave (oceanography)|rogue wave]]s. The steep slope of the Laurentian Channel was the site of a disastrous submarine landslide at the southeastern end of the strait, triggered by the [[1929 Grand Banks earthquake]] and leading to a [[tsunami]] that devastated communities along Newfoundland's south coast and parts of Cape Breton Island.<ref name="bbc">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8028949.stm|title=Ancient tsunami 'hit New York'|last=Bentley|first=Molly|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=2010-06-19 | date=2009-05-03}}</ref>▼
===Bathymetry===
The strait's bathymetry is varied, with the [[Laurentian Channel]] creating a deep trench through its centre, and comparatively shallow coastal waters closer to Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island. These bathymetric conditions have been known by mariners to cause [[Rogue wave (oceanography)|rogue wave]]s.{{Cn|date=October 2024}}
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A strategically important waterway throughout Canadian and Newfoundland history, the strait is also an important international shipping route, being the primary waterway linking the Atlantic with inland ports on the [[Great Lakes]] and [[St. Lawrence Seaway]].▼
===St. Paul Island===
The strait is crossed daily by the [[Marine Atlantic]] ferry service linking [[Channel-Port aux Basques]] and [[North Sydney, Nova Scotia|North Sydney]]. [[Ferries]] have been operating across the strait since 1898, and a [[submarine telegraph cable]] was laid in 1856 as part of the [[transatlantic telegraph cable]] project.<ref name="bbc"/>▼
An infamous location in the strait for [[shipwreck]]s during the [[age of sail]], [[St. Paul Island (Nova Scotia)|St. Paul Island]] came to be referred to as the "Graveyard of the Gulf" (of St. Lawrence).{{Cn|date=October 2024}}▼
==Shipping==
▲An infamous location in the strait for [[shipwreck]]s during the [[age of sail]], [[St. Paul Island (Nova Scotia)|St. Paul Island]] came to be referred to as the "Graveyard of the Gulf" (of St. Lawrence).
▲A strategically important waterway throughout Canadian and Newfoundland history, the strait is also an important international shipping route, being the primary waterway linking the Atlantic with inland ports on the [[Great Lakes]] and [[St. Lawrence Seaway]].
In October 1942, German U-boat [[German submarine U-69 (1940)|''U-69'']] torpedoed and sank the unlit Newfoundland ferry {{SS|Caribou}}, killing 137 people.<ref name="caribou_uboat.net">{{cite web|url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2270.html|title=Caribou (Steam merchant) - Ships hit by U-boats - uboat.net|access-date=2010-06-19}}</ref> Then on 25 November 1944 [[HMCS Shawinigan (K136)|HMCS ''Shawinigan'']] was torpedoed and sunk with all hands on board (91 crew) by {{GS|U-1228}}.<ref name=German>{{cite book |last=German |first=Tony |year=1990 |title=The Sea is at our Gates : The History of the Canadian Navy |publisher=McClelland and Stewart Inc. |location=Toronto |pages=[https://archive.org/details/seaisatourgatesh00germ/page/177 177] |isbn=978-0-7710-3269-1 |url=https://archive.org/details/seaisatourgatesh00germ/page/177 }}</ref>
In 1998, the Cypriot bulk carrier the {{ship|MV|Flare}} split in half in the Cabot Strait while sailing from Rotterdam to Quebec with the loss of 21 lives on board.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ship-owners-sued-for-1998-sinking/article18427616/ | title=Ship owners sued for 1998 sinking | newspaper=The Globe and Mail | date=16 November 2000 }}</ref>
===Communications===
▲The strait is crossed daily by the [[Marine Atlantic]] ferry service linking [[Channel-Port aux Basques]] and [[North Sydney, Nova Scotia|North Sydney]]. [[Ferries]] have been operating across the strait since 1898, and a [[submarine telegraph cable]] was laid in 1856 as part of the [[transatlantic telegraph cable]] project.<ref name="bbc"/>
The [[Trans Canada Microwave]] system was extended to [[Newfoundland]] in 1959.<ref name = "CBC-Radio Microwave of the Future">{{cite news |url= https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/audio/1.3626645 | title=Micro-wave of the future | date=23 September 1956|accessdate=19 June 2024 | work=CBC Digital Archive|publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]}}</ref> To get it to Newfoundland, it was fed from [[Sydney, Nova Scotia]] to a repeater in Cape North that was 427 metres above sea-level. That allowed it cross the 127 kilometres across the Cabot Strait to a repeater station perched 198 metres above sea-level in [[Red Rocks, Newfoundland and Labrador]]. From there, the signal was microwaved over land to [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador | St. John's]].<ref name = "Bridging the Cabot Strait">
{{cite news
| author = CP Staff
| title = Trans-Canada "Microwave" Looms
| work = [[The Kingston Whig-Standard]]
| location = [[Kingston, Ontario]]
| agency = The Canadian Press
| page = 19
| date = 24 July 1957
| url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kingston-whig-standard-trans-canada/149996464/
| access-date = 24 June 2024
| via = Newspapers.com
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