Cape Breton Island facts for kids
Cape Breton Island (French: île du Cap-Breton - formerly île Royale, Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Cheap Breatuinn, Míkmaq: Únamakika, simply: Cape Breton) is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America. It likely corresponds to the European word "Breton", referring to Brittany.
Images for kids
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NASA landsat photo of Cape Breton Island
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Philippe de Pastour de Costebelle, 1st Governor of Île Royale, only known image of a French Governor
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Samuel Waller Prentice, 84th Regiment, 4 January 1780, shipwrecked off Cape Breton, Nova Scotia by Robert Pollard (1784)
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The former Congregation Sons of Israel synagogue, in Glace Bay. In 1902, the synagogue was Nova Scotia's first purpose-built synagogue. It permanently closed in July 2010. To the left is the also closed Talmud Torah community centre. This was the location of the Hebrew school and functions like Bar Mitzvah and wedding dinners.
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Cabot's Landing, Victoria County, commemorating the "first land seen" by explorer John Cabot in 1497
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The shoreline of Bras d'Or Lake at Marble Mountain, Inverness Co.
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A bulk carrier in the Strait of Canso docked at the Martin Marietta Materials quarry at Cape Porcupine
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Smelt Brook on the northern shore
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Entering Cape Breton Island from Canso Causeway
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Seal Island Bridge in Victoria County, the 3rd-longest in Nova Scotia
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Sydney Harbour with Point Edward, Westmount, and downtown Sydney visible
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See also
In Spanish: Isla del Cabo Bretón para niños
