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
If Provincetown cannot accommodate her tiny house, she’ll haul it to Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, where she owns land.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2018
I had visited Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island more than 40 years ago, but that’s a long time between visits, and my wife had never seen the Canadian Maritimes.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2016
A French eye-witness of the siege of Louisbourg in 1745 described, in a contemporary pamphlet, the value of Cape Breton Island to France.
From A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical by Lucas, Charles Prestwood
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