Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island (French: île du Cap-Breton - formerly île Royale, Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Cheap Breatuinn, Míkmaq: Únamakika, simply: Cape Breton) is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America. It likely corresponds to the European word "Breton", referring to Brittany.
Cape Breton Island Media
Philippe de Pastour de Costebelle, 1st Governor of Île Royale, only known image of a French Governor
Travel map of Cape Breton Island, with major highways and freeways marked
The former Congregation Sons of Israel synagogue, in Glace Bay. In 1902, the synagogue was Nova Scotia's first purpose-built synagogue. It permanently closed in July 2010. To the left is the also closed Talmud Torah community centre. This was the location of the Hebrew school and functions like Bar Mitzvah and wedding dinners.
Cape Breton Island's most recognizable and commonly used flag
Cape Breton Island's "Eagle" flag (1994)
Cape Breton Island's second cultural flag, the "Tartan" flag (early 1990s)
Cape Breton Island's first cultural flag, the blue-and-yellow flag, dates to the 1940s.
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Other websites
- Cape Breton Wireless Heritage Society
- Movement for a Free and Independent Province of Cape Breton Archived 2007-04-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Cape Breton Island's 4 Men In A Tub
- Cape Breton Island Directory Archived 2007-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
- Caper Canada Archived 2020-01-30 at the Wayback Machine
- Flags of Cape Breton Island, on Flags of the World.net website
- Visit Victoria County[dead link]
- Hike the Highlands Festival
Coordinates: 46°10′N 60°45′W / 46.167°N 60.750°W
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