Cape Breton Island
Britishnoun
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The fossil was found on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, a location known for difficult and sometimes dangerous fieldwork.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 11, 2026
Mr. Frank, a Manhattan resident, had long had a summer home in Mabou, on Cape Breton Island.
From New York Times ● Sep. 10, 2019
Creeks and Carolinians besieged St. Augustine in 1704, and a New England expedition in King George’s War took the massive French fortress of Louisburg on Cape Breton Island in northeast Canada.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
He was born in Sunnyside, a village that no longer exists, on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 3, 2017
Cape Breton Island he made over to another Scotchman, Sir Robert Gordon, of Lochinvar, and went to work to find settlers for the rest of his domain.
From A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical by Lucas, Charles Prestwood
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