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

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

Dorothy Cann Hamilton, 67, a food aficionado who started a vocational course that evolved into one of the world’s leading culinary schools, died on Sept. 16 on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2016

That entry is supposed to record the discovery of Cape Breton Island; a few days later they set foot on the mainland.

From The Leading Facts of English History by Montgomery, D. H. (David Henry)

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