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Cape d'Or is a headland located near Advocate, Nova Scotia on the Bay of Fundy coast of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Cape d'Or is located in Cumberland County and is a continuation of the North Mountain tholeiitic basalt formation.〔Atlantic Geoscience Society (2001)''The Last Billion Years: A Geological History of the Maritime Provinces of Canada''. Halifax: Nimbus Publishing.〕 The cape marks the north point of the entrance to the Minas Basin. The cape is marked by dramatic cliffs on its western side and cliffs on its southern side overlooking treacherous tidal currents in the Minas Channel. A basalt reef extends from the Cape into the Bay of Fundy where it intersects the violent waters of the Dory Rips, a rip tide created by the collision of three strong tidal currents. ==History== Cape d'Or was called L’mu’juiktuk by the Mi'kmaq, the native people of Nova Scotia. The cape was a centre of tool production and trade for the Mi'kmaq because of veins of hard dense rock such as chert which could be shaped to form sharp edges for tools and weapons. The Mi'kmaq also obtained copper from desposits in the basalt.〔("L’mu’juiktuk Cape d’Or", ''Mi’kmawey Debert Cultural Centre'' )〕 An archaeological excavation near the lighthouses in 1980 found extensive native artifacts dated to about 2000 years ago.〔("cape d'Or", ''Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society'' )〕 The Cape was named by French explorers (Cape of Gold) because bright native copper deposits appeared golden. Samuel de Champlain explored the copper deposits at Cape d'Or in 1607 and bestowed the name Port of Mines on nearby Advocate Harbour to reflect the seams of copper ore at Cape d'Or. The French did not establish a mine at Cape d'Or as the massive cliffs and tides made the copper seams difficult to access but the name "Les Mines" became associated with the upper Bay of Fundy beyond Cape d'Or which became known as the "Baie des Mines", later Minas Basin, and the Acadian communities around the southern shore of the Minas Basin which became known as Les Mines.〔Joan Dawson, ''The Mapmakers Eye: Nova Scotia Through Early Maps'', Halifax: Nimbus Publishing (1988), p. 60〕 Mineral rights at Cape d'Or were later granted to the Duke of Chandos but he was unable to establish a mine. However in 1897, the Colonial Copper Company built a mine at Cape d'Or. Three shafts were sunk and an ore processor were built and connected to a shipping terminal at nearby Horsehoe Cove by a short rail line. A small company town was built with worker and manager houses. However by 1905 the mine was closed when the copper veins proved disappointing yields as they were excavated. The houses were shipped by sea to communities around the Bay of Fundy.〔Roger David Brown, ''Historic Cumberland County South'' Halifax: Nimbus Publishing (2002), p. 110〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cape d'Or」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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