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
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
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
We’d like to include a visit to the Bay of Fundy and Cape Breton Island.
From New York Times ● May 18, 2010
The name is said to be a corruption of an Indian word, but it assumed its present form during the French occupation of Cape Breton Island.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
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