Wreck Cove
Wreck Cove is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Victoria County on Cape Breton Island. The early settlers who received land grants in Wreck Cove included Alexander McKenzie in 1839, John Morrison in 1868, and Norman McLeod in 1871.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: community and cove in Nova Scotia, Canada
- Also known as: “Wreck Cove, Nova Scotia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wreck Cove Hydroelectric System.
Wreck Cove Hydroelectric System
Electrical generator
Wreck Cove is the largest hydroelectric system in Nova Scotia with a generating capacity of 215.8 MW. Constructed from 1975 to 1978, south of the Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Wreck Cove collects drainage water from 216 square kilometres of the Cape Breton Highlands plateau to generate renewable electricity. Wreck Cove Hydroelectric System is situated 3½ km southwest of Wreck Cove.
Wreck Cove
- Categories: human settlement and bay
- Location: Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Tahitian—“Wreck Cove” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Wreck Cove”
- Corsican: “Wreck Cove”
- Danish: “Wreck Cove”
- Dutch: “Wreck Cove, Nova Scotia”
- Dutch: “Wreck Cove”
- French: “Wreck Cove”
- German: “Wreck Cove”
- Indonesian: “Wreck Cove”
- Irish: “Camas na Luinge Briste”
- Irish: “Camus na Luinge Briste”
- Italian: “Wreck Cove”
- Low German: “Wreck Cove”
- Portuguese: “Wreck Cove”
- Romanian: “Wreck Cove”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Camas na Luinge Briste”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Camus na Luinge Briste”
- Spanish: “Wreck Cove”
- Swedish: “Wreck Cove”
- Tahitian: “Wreck Cove”
- “Camas na Luinge Briste”
- “Camus na Luinge Briste”
- “Wreck Cove”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wreck Cove and Duncans Beach.
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