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
Canard PC video games critics panel on a French network that they did not like scoring very much, but they felt they had to put them for their reviews because gamers wanted them. In July 2003, some editors left the publishing staff of the French gaming monthly "Joystick" after its acquisition by Future Publishing. They founded "Canard PC" in the following months. The magazine is edited by "Presse Non-Stop", a company owned at 75% by the editors themselves, specifically created for Canard PC. Canard PC Canard PC is an independent magazine founded in France in 2003 devoted to PC gaming and published