Canard River of the Minas Basin. The river was once tidal for most of its length but a series of dykes first built in the 1600s held back the tide which is now stopped near the river's mouth by the Wellington Dyke. The upper reaches of the river are often referred to by the dykes which once spanned the river - Upper Dyke and Middle Dyke. The Canard river was known to the Mi'kmaq people as Apocheechumochwakade meaning "home of the black duck". The Mi'kmaq also used the mouth of the river for shad fishing. Acadians settled along the river in the
Le Canard enchaîné Spanish Republican government of Madrid, whilst Galtier-Boissière remained strictly pacifist. The "Canard" and its format served as an inspiration for the satirical weekly magazine "El Be Negre", published in Barcelona between 1931 and 1936. The "Canard" has a fixed eight-page layout. Pages 1, 2–4 and 8 are mostly news and editorials. Page 2 carries anecdotes from the political and business world. Pages 5–7 are dedicated to social issues (such as the environment), profiles, general humour and satire, and literary, theatre, opera and film criticism. One section, called "l'Album de la Comtesse", is dedicated to spoonerisms. The "Canard" is notable because