Cape Breton Island

British

noun

an island off SE Canada, in NE Nova Scotia, separated from the mainland by the Strait of Canso: its easternmost point is Cape Breton . Pop: 132 298 (2006). Area: 10 280 sq km (3970 sq miles)

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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

There was a small fishing village at Canso, on the narrow arm of the sea which divides Nova Scotia from Cape Breton Island.

From A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical by Lucas, Charles Prestwood

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