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Travel & Leisure Magazine named Cape Breton Island the 4th best island to visit in the WORLD & the #1 island to visit in continental United States & Canada"July 10, 2006.
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An Island in Canada, 75th in size world-wide; in the North Atlantic, at the entrance of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 110 km (68 mi) south of Newfoundland.
An exceptional location in the Northern Atlantic: only 50 km from the St. Lawrence Seaway route, linking it to many inland Canadian and American ports
175 km (110 mi) long, 140 km (87 mi) wide.
Total area: 10,311 km2 (3,981 mi2)
Latitude: 59° 48' - 60° 48' N.
Longitude: 46° 20' - 45° 44' W.
Over 1,000 km (650 mi) of Atlantic coastline.
Linked to the continent (mainland Nova Scotia) since 1955 by the Canso Causeway, across the Strait (or Gut) of Canso.
Population: approx. 130,000.
Main agglomeration: Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM, created in 1995), with Sydney (founded in 1785) and surrounding towns.
Four counties: Cape Breton, Victoria, Inverness, Richmond.
Main languages spoken: Mi'kmaq, French and Acadian French, Scottish Gaelic, English.
Also: Italian, Lebanese Arabic, Yiddish, Polish, Chinese...
Main freshwater features : Lake Ainslie, Margaree River, Mira River.
World-renowned attractions:
- the Cape Breton Highlands National Park (est. 1936) - 951 km2 (367 mi2),
- the Bras d'Or Lake system, 930 km2 (360 mi2) - arm of the Atlantic Ocean which - the Island wraps around, indenting deeply into CBI and stretching from West Bay to East Bay;
- the Cabot Trail,
- the Fortress of Louisbourg Historic National Site.
I enjoy photography, but not as much as I love my gorgeous hubby, but it is a great pasttime. I especially enjoy taking scenic pics of our beautiful home and nativeland, as well as family & friends... so I hope you enjoy my pics as much as I enjoyed taking them.
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"Photography is a means of recording forever the thing one sees for a moment." -- Alfred Sussman
