Voisin Canard by the French navy in March 1912 to equip the seaplane tender "La Foudre", the first seaplane carrier in history. A second example was delivered to the Navy in December 1913. Voisin Canard The Voisin Canard was an aircraft developed by Voisin brothers during 1910 and first flown early in 1911. It was named the "Canard" because of the resemblance of its forward fuselage to that of a duck's long neck while in flight. It was originally flown as a landplane: with the addition of floats it became one of the first seaplanes used by the French Navy. The Canard
Canard, Nova Scotia takes its name from the Canard River. Successive cultures have lived by the river and have named the settlement area by different but related names. Where Canard Street and Highway 358 intersect is known as jawbone corner, often called this by the local residents of the area. It got its names because back before the Wellington Dyke was completed in 1885, a large whale swam up the Canard river, and became stranded on the beach as the tide went out. The jaw bones of the big whale were then placed in the yard of the house that was on the