Cape Breton Island

British  

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

The view never ends from the weathered porch of Joan Jonas’s summer home on a hill in Cape Breton Island, on the tip of Nova Scotia.

From New York Times

Cabot Point will be the centerpiece of Cabot St. Lucia, the newest golf and resort venture from the group behind Cabot Links on Cape Breton Island in Canada.

From Golf Digest

Mr. Frank, a Manhattan resident, had long had a summer home in Mabou, on Cape Breton Island.

From New York Times

He’d found a site on Cape Breton Island’s western shore that he felt had the potential to be his nation’s Bandon.

From Golf Digest

Havia Lewis, 11, visiting last month from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, likes that Anne is “very intelligent. She uses big words.”

From Washington Post