Nova Scotia
Cape Breton Island
Victoria County

Baddeck

Baddeck is a pleasant little village of 800 people on the shore of Bras d'Or Lake in Cape Breton Island, . It's a popular spot for boating in the summer and its central location makes it convenient as a base for exploring the island.
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Photo: Dr Wilson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Alexander Graham Bell Museum and Kidston Island Lighthouse.

Museum
Photo: Skeezix1000, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site is a 10-hectare property in Baddeck, Cape Breton, , Canada, overlooking the Bras d'Or Lakes. The site is a unit of Parks Canada, the national park system, and includes the , which contains the largest repository of artifacts and documents from Bell's years of experimental work in Baddeck.

Lighthouse
Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a lighthouse on , located in the Bras d'Or lakes, in Baddeck, Nova Scotia. The original lighthouse on Kidston Island was built in 1875.

Baddeck

Latitude
46.0997° or 46° 5′ 59″ north
Longitude
-60.7536° or 60° 45′ 13″ west
Population
818
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Open location code
87RX36XW+VH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2328799315
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5889156
Wiki­data ID
Q798842
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Baddeck” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيديك”
  • Catalan: “Baddeck”
  • Cebuano: “Baddeck”
  • Dagbani: “Baddeck”
  • Danish: “Baddeck”
  • Dutch: “Baddeck Bay”
  • Dutch: “Baddeck, Nova Scotia”
  • Dutch: “Baddeck”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيديك”
  • French: “Baddeck”
  • Georgian: “ბადეკი”
  • German: “Baddeck”
  • Irish: “Badaig”
  • Italian: “Baddeck”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Baddeck”
  • Norwegian: “Baddeck”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Baddec”
  • Persian: “بددک”
  • Polish: “Baddeck”
  • Portuguese: “Baddeck”
  • Russian: “Баддек”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Badaig, Alba Nuadh”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Badaig”
  • Swedish: “Baddeck”
  • Ukrainian: “Баддек”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Baddeck”. Photo: Dr Wilson, CC BY-SA 3.0.