Cape Breton Island (French:île du Cap-Breton—formerly Île Royale, Scottish Gaelic: Ceap Breatainn or Eilean Cheap Bhreatainn, Míkmaq: Únamakika, simply: Cape Breton) is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America. The name probably derives from Cap Breton near Bayonne, or to the name Breton, the Anglicized version of the French historical region, Bretagne.
Cape Breton Island is part of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The 10,311km2 (3,981sqmi) island accounts for 18.7% of the total area of Nova Scotia. Although physically separated from the Nova Scotia peninsula by the Strait of Canso, it is artificially connected to mainland Nova Scotia by the 1,385m (4,544ft) long rock-fill Canso Causeway. The island is located east-northeast of the mainland with its northern and western coasts fronting on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence; its western coast also forming the eastern limits of the Northumberland Strait. The eastern and southern coasts front the Atlantic Ocean; its eastern coast also forming the western limits of the Cabot Strait. Its landmass slopes upward from south to north, culminating in the highlands of its northern cape. One of the world's larger salt water lakes, Bras d'Or ("Arm of Gold" in French), dominates the centre of the island.
In the early 19th century, Breton Island comprised two islands. Prior to Hurricane Opal in 1995, it was a single island, and was divided in two by that storm. After Hurricane Georges in 1998 it was divided into three islands.Hurricane Ivan in 2004 caused additional damage to the island.
Erosion and restoration
Breton Island decreased from 820 acres (330ha) in 1869 to 125 acres (51ha) in 1996. Some restoration was done in 1999 funded pursuant to the Water Resources Development Act of 1992; the project was put on hold in 2000. It is possible that fines from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill may be used for rebuilding Breton Island.
Breton Island is a small rocky island lying 0.4 kilometres (0.2nmi) southwest of Empereur Island. It was charted in 1950 by the French Antarctic Expedition and named by them for their largely Breton crew.
The boundaries were not changed during the 1872 electoral redistribution, but now the riding would return two members to Parliament. No changes occurred during the electoral redistributions of 1882 or 1892. This riding was dissolved and redistributed into the ridings of Cape Breton South and North Cape Breton and Victoria in the 1903 electoral redistribution.
ISLANDERS 4 EAGLES 3 (OT) ... — Egor Goriunov scored at 2.39 of overtime to give the visiting CharlottetownIslanders a 4-3 victory over the Cape BretonEagles ... for the Islanders (5-11-1-1) in regulation.
A count this summer found more than 700 people at risk of homelessness or living homeless in Antigonish and Guysborough counties and across Cape BretonIsland... .
A 42-year-old Nova Scotia man has been fined $5,000 and ordered to forfeit his catch of halibut and cod after being convicted last month of illegally fishing in a marine protected area off Cape BretonIsland... .
--- ... --- ... --- ... --- ... EAGLES 3 ISLANDERS 1 ... — The visiting Cape BretonEagles scored three times in the third period and got a 38-save performance from Jakub Milota to edge the CharlottetownIslanders 3-1 ... Matthew Butler scored for the Islanders (4-11-1-1) ... .
CHARLOTTETOWN — Egor Goriunov capped a two-goal effort with the game-winning score as four seconds remained in the contest and the CharlottetownIslanders narrowly edged the Cape BretonEagles4-3.
CHARLOTTETOWN — Egor Goriunov capped a two-goal effort with the game-winning score as four seconds remained in the contest and the CharlottetownIslanders narrowly edged the Cape BretonEagles4-3.
'One of my friend's buddies went to Cabot Cape Breton for a weekend trip and was paired with a single golfer,' the r/golf post reads ... The encounter took place at a golf course in majestic Cape Breton on the island of Nova Scotia.
