CANADA

CANADA.

Opening of Confederation Bridge, Northumberland Strait.
Stamps issued on 31.05.1997.
Face value: 45 + 45 cents of Canadian dollar.
Design: Charles Burke and Jim Hudson.
Printed by Canadian Bank Note Company, Ottawa.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 4,000,000 copies.
Size: 112 x 28 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 1623-1624.
- Scott No. 1646a.
- StampWorld No. 1623-1624.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1731a.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1515-1516.

The Confederation Bridge (French: Pont de la Confédération) is a box girder bridge carrying the Trans-Canada Highway across the Abegweit Passage of the Northumberland Strait, linking the province of Prince Edward Island with the province of New Brunswick on the mainland. Opened May 31, 1997, the 12.9-kilometre (8.0 mi) bridge is Canada's longest bridge and the world's longest bridge over ice-covered water. Construction took place from October 1993 to May 1997. In April 2022, the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island voted unanimously in favor of renaming the bridge to "Epekwitk Crossing", whereas Epekwitk is the traditional Mi'kmaq name for Prince Edward Island.

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Thanks to Krystyna Betiuk for his contribution (https://pocztowkowezbiory.blogspot.com/)