Cape Breton Island is a rugged and irregularly shaped island on the Atlantic coast of North America, forming part of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
Wfm cape breton island pseudocolour
Siege of Louisbourg (1758)
Orangemen War Memorial in Wentworth Park, Sydney
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.
The Canso Causeway is a 1,385-metre-long rock-fill causeway crossing the Strait of Canso, which provides access by road between Cape Breton Island and the Nova Scotia peninsula.
Cape Breton Island
…Scotia's total area. Although the island is physically separated from the Nova Scotia peninsula by the Strait of Canso, the 1,385-metre (4,544 ft) long Canso Causeway connects it to mainland Nova Scotia. The island is east-northeast of the mainland with its northern and western coasts fronting on the Gulf of Saint…
Canso Causeway from Cape Breton Island
The Canso Canal Bridge crosses the Canso Canal at the eastern end of the causeway. The navigable canal is considered the official dividing line between Cape Breton Island and mainland Nova Scotia.
ICR rail ferry Scotia provides service across the Strait of Canso ca. 1903
Proposed location for cantilever bridge across the Strait of Canso - generally the same as that ultimately selected for the causeway.