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Cape Breton Island

Cape Breton Island is the northernmost island in . It is a beautifully rugged island, populated by the descendants of Scottish immigrants, by Acadians, and by the Indigenous Mi'kmaq people.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Sydney and Baddeck.

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is a former city and urban community on the east coast of Cape Breton Island in , Canada within the .

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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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is the second largest Canadian national park in Atlantic Canada and the largest in the Maritime provinces. It covers 948 km² on the island of Cape Breton in the Canadian province of .

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as North Sydney and Glace Bay.

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is a community of 5,700 people on the eastern shore of Cape Breton Island on the north shore of Sydney Harbour. It is mostly a service centre for the ferry traffic to with a number of restaurants and motels.

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is a community in the eastern part of the in , Canada. It forms part of the general area referred to as Industrial Cape Breton.

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is a village of 4,000 people on the coast of Cape Breton Island in . Its blend of natural beauty and Acadian culture makes it an interesting place to spend some time in and it also serves as the western entrance to the Cape Breton Highlands National Park.

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St. Peter's is a small incorporated village located on Cape Breton Island in , , . This village is located on a narrow isthmus which separates the southern end of , known as St.

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Port Hawkesbury is a town of 3,200 people on the southwestern end of Cape Breton Island, on the north shore of the Strait of Canso. Port Hastings is an unincorporated community about 7 km up Highway 104 from Port Hawkesbury.

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is a village of 1,000 people on the south-east coast of Cape Breton Island in .

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, Beach, Ferry, Centre and South Harbour are five small tourist settlements on the northwestern corner of Cape Breton Island in , next to .

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is the whale watching capital of Cape Breton Island in . The town is in the northwest part of the island, adjacent to .
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Cape Breton Island

Latitude of center
46.1668° or 46° 10′ 1″ north
Longitude of center
-60.7485° or 60° 44′ 55″ west
Population
132,000
Elevation
55 metres (180 feet)
Geo­Names ID
5980615
Wiki­data ID
Q188489
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Cape Breton Island” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kaap-Breton-eiland”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة كيب بريتون”
  • Armenian: “Քեյփ Բրեթոն”
  • Armenian: “Քեյփ Բրետոն”
  • Asturian: “Islla Cáu Bretón”
  • Asturian: “Islla del Cabu Bretón”
  • Atikamekw: “Île du Cap-Breton”
  • Azerbaijani: “Keyp-Breton adası”
  • Azerbaijani: “Keyp-Breton”
  • Basque: “Bretainiar Lurmuturra uhartea”
  • Basque: “Cap-Breton uhartea”
  • Basque: “Cape Breton Island”
  • Basque: “Cape Breton uhartea”
  • Basque: “Île du Cap-Breton”
  • Bavarian: “Cape Breton Island”
  • Bavarian: “Kap Breton Insl”
  • Belarusian: “Кейп-Брэтан”
  • Breton: “Enez ar C’hab Breton”
  • Bulgarian: “Кейп Бретон”
  • Catalan: “Cap Bretó”
  • Catalan: “Cap Breton”
  • Catalan: “Cape Breton”
  • Catalan: “Illa de Cap Bretó”
  • Catalan: “illa del Cap Bretó”
  • Catalan: “Illa del Cap Bretó”
  • Cebuano: “Cape Breton Island”
  • Cebuano: “Île du Cap-Breton (pulo sa Canada)”
  • Chinese: “Breton Hái-phīⁿ Tó”
  • Chinese: “布雷頓角”
  • Chinese: “布雷頓角島”
  • Chinese: “布雷顿角岛”
  • Croatian: “Cape Breton Island”
  • Croatian: “Cape Breton”
  • Croatian: “Otok Cape Breton”
  • Czech: “Cape Breton”
  • Danish: “Cape Breton Island”
  • Danish: “Cape Breton Øen”
  • Danish: “Cape Breton”
  • Danish: “Kap Breton”
  • Dutch: “Cape Breton Island”
  • Dutch: “Cape Breton-eiland”
  • Dutch: “Cape Bretoneiland”
  • Dutch: “Île du Cap-Breton”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جزيره كيب بريتون”
  • Esperanto: “Insulo de Breton-Kabo”
  • Estonian: “Cape Breton”
  • Finnish: “Cape Breton Island”
  • Finnish: “Cape Breton”
  • Finnish: “Cape Bretonin saari”
  • French: “Cap Breton”
  • French: “Cap-Breton”
  • French: “Cape Breton”
  • French: “DEVCO”
  • French: “Île du Cap Breton”
  • French: “Ile du Cap-Breton”
  • French: “île du Cap-Breton”
  • French: “Île du Cap-Breton”
  • French: “Île-du-Cap-Breton”
  • Galician: “Illa Cape Breton”
  • Galician: “Illa de Cabo Bretón”
  • Georgian: “კეიპ-ბრეტონი”
  • German: “Cape Breton Island”
  • German: “Cape Breton”
  • German: “Cape-Breton-Insel”
  • German: “Kap Breton”
  • German: “Kap-Breton-Insel”
  • Greek: “Κέιπ Μπρετόν”
  • Hebrew: “האי קייפ ברטון”
  • Hebrew: “קייפ ברטון”
  • Hungarian: “Breton-foki-sziget”
  • Iloko: “Isla Rawis Breton”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Tanjung Breton”
  • Irish: “Ceap Breatainn”
  • Irish: “Céap Breatuinn”
  • Irish: “Cèap Breatuinn”
  • Irish: “Oileán Cheap Bhreatainn”
  • Italian: “Cap Breton”
  • Italian: “isola del Capo Bretone”
  • Italian: “Isola del Capo Bretone”
  • Japanese: “ケープ・ブルトン島”
  • Japanese: “ケープ・ブレトン”
  • Japanese: “ケープ・ブレトン島”
  • Japanese: “ケープブレトン島”
  • Kazakh: “Кейп-Бретон аралы”
  • Kazakh: “Кейп-Бретон”
  • Korean: “케이프브레턴섬”
  • Korean: “케이프브레튼 섬”
  • Latin: “Insula Capitis Britonum”
  • Latvian: “Keipbretona”
  • Lithuanian: “Keip Bretono sala”
  • Manx: “Eilean Cheap Bhreatainn”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Breton Hái-phīⁿ Tó”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cape Breton Island”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cape Breton”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cape Breton Island”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cape Breton”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Eilean Cheap Breatuinn”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Île du Cap-Breton”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Únamakika”
  • Norwegian: “Cape Breton”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Lidwicnæsīeg”
  • Persian: “جزیره کیپ برتون”
  • Polish: “Cape Breton”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Cape Breton”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha do Cabo Bretão”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha do Cabo Breton”
  • Romanian: “Insula Capul Breton”
  • Russian: “Кейп-Бретон”
  • Russian: “Остров Кейп-Бретон”
  • Scots: “Cape Breton Island”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cape Breton”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Ceap Breatainn”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Eilean Cheap Bhreatainn”
  • Serbian: “Кејп Бретон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Cape Breton”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Otok Cape Breton”
  • Slovenian: “Cape Breton Island”
  • Slovenian: “Cape Breton”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کئیپ برتون”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Cabo Breton”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Cabo Bretón”
  • Spanish: “Isla del Cabo Breton”
  • Spanish: “Isla del Cabo Bretón”
  • Swedish: “Cape Breton Island”
  • Swedish: “Île du Cap-Breton”
  • Swedish: “Kap Bretonön”
  • Thai: “เกาะเคปเบรตัน”
  • Turkish: “Cape Breton Adası”
  • Turkish: “Cape Breton Island”
  • Ukrainian: “Кейп-Бретон”
  • Uzbek: “Cape Breton oroli”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo Cape Breton”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Cabo Breton”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Cape Breton Island”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Cape Breton”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Isla han Cabo Breton”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Isla han Cape Breton”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Puro han Cabo Breton”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Purô han Cabo Breton”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Puro han Cape Breton”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Purô han Cape Breton”
  • Welsh: “Ynys Cape Breton”
  • Western Frisian: “Kaap Bretoneilân”
  • Wu Chinese: “布雷顿角岛”

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About Mapcarta. 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 “Cape Breton Island”. Photo: Aconcagua, CC BY-SA 3.0.