Bras d'Or Lakes Scenic Drive
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The Bras d'Or Lakes Scenic Drive is a scenic roadway on Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

's Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America. It likely corresponds to the word Breton, the French demonym for Brittany....

. It extends around the perimeter of Bras d'Or Lake
Bras d'Or Lake
Bras d'Or Lake is a large body of salt water dominating the centre of Cape Breton Island in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. Bras d'Or Lake is sometimes referred to as the Bras d'Or Lakes or the Bras d'Or Lakes system, however its official geographic name is Bras d'Or Lake as it is a singular...

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Routes

  • Highway 105
    Nova Scotia Highway 105
    Highway 105 in Nova Scotia represents the Cape Breton Island leg of the Trans-Canada Highway. It runs from the junction just east of the Canso Causeway in Port Hastings to the Marine Atlantic ferry terminal in North Sydney, representing a distance of ....

  • Trunk 4
  • Route 205
    Nova Scotia Route 205
    Route 205 is a collector road in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.It is located in Victoria County on Cape Breton Island and runs between Baddeck and MacAulays Hill connecting at both ends with Highway 105. It was originally known as Trunk 5 until 1970....

  • Route 216
    Nova Scotia Route 216
    Route 216 is a collector road in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.It is located in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality and connects East Bay at Trunk 4 with Christmas Island at Route 223.It is designated as part of the Bras d'Or Lakes Scenic Drive....

  • Route 223
    Nova Scotia Route 223
    Route 223 is a collector road in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.It is located on Cape Breton Island and runs from Leitches Creek Station at Route 305 to North Side Whycocomagh Bay at Highway 105....


Communities

  • Baddeck
    Baddeck, Nova Scotia
    Baddeck is a Canadian village in Victoria County, Nova Scotia.It is the county's shire town and is situated on the northern shore of Bras d'Or Lake on Cape Breton Island...

  • Boularderie Island
    Boularderie Island
    Boularderie Island is an island separating the Cabot Strait from Bras d'Or Lake on the eastern coast of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. It takes its name from Louis-Simon le Poupet de la Boularderie, who was granted the area as a concession from the King of France.At 40 km long and...

  • Little Bras d'Or
    Little Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia
    Little Bras d'Or is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Countyon Cape Breton County.-References:*...

  • Boisdale
    Boisdale, Nova Scotia
    Boisdale is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island.-References:*...

  • Big Beach
    Big Beach, Nova Scotia
    Big Beach is a community located on the north side of the Boisdale Hills on the east side of the Great Bras D'Or Lake on Provincial Route 223, which runs from Leitches Creek to Little Narrows, through Central Cape Breton Island in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia...

  • Christmas Island
    Christmas Island, Nova Scotia
    Christmas Island, Nova Scotia is a community of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia Canada. It has a post office, a firehall and a very small population. The post office of Christmas Island gets postcards from around the world during Christmas time so they can get the...

  • Grand Narrows
    Grand Narrows, Nova Scotia
    Grand Narrows is a community in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is at 45°57′24″ N, 60°47′32″ W.-Origin of name:...

  • Eskasoni
  • East Bay
    East Bay, Nova Scotia
    East Bay is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island. It is located on the south side of the Bras d'Or Lakes, with one public beach and many, many, summer cottages with beach front property...

  • Ben Eoin
    Ben Eoin, Nova Scotia
    Ben Eoin is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality.-References:*...

  • Irish Cove
    Irish Cove, Nova Scotia
    Irish Cove is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Richmond County.-References:*...

  • Chapel Island
    Chapel Island
    Chapel Island is a limestone outcrop that lies in the Leven estuary of Morecambe Bay in England, less than one mile from the shoreline at Bardsea in the area known as Ulverston Sands. It is located at . It is one of the Islands of Furness in the county of Cumbria, in the area of the historic...

  • St. Peter's
    St. Peter's, Nova Scotia
    St. Peter's is a small incorporated village located on Cape Breton Island in Richmond County, Nova Scotia, Canada....

  • Dundee
    Dundee, Nova Scotia
    Dundee is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Richmond County on Cape Breton Island .-References:*...

  • West Bay
    West Bay, Inverness County, Nova Scotia
    West Bay is a Canadian rural community in Inverness County, Nova Scotia.It is situated near the southwest tip of Bras d'Or Lake....

  • Marble Mountain
    Marble Mountain, Nova Scotia
    Marble Mountain is a Canadian rural community located in Inverness County, Nova Scotia.Situated on the southwest shore of Bras d'Or Lake on Cape Breton Island, Marble Mountain's defining feature is a large marble quarry located on a hill above the community, as well as its white sand and gravel...

  • Orangedale
    Orangedale, Nova Scotia
    Orangedale is a Canadian rural community located in Inverness County, Nova Scotia.Founded by Orangemen who settled in the vicinity of the Denys Basin of Cape Breton Island's Bras d'Or Lake, Orangedale was a small farming and fishing community until 1886 when the Intercolonial Railway of Canada...

  • Whycocomagh
    Whycocomagh, Nova Scotia
    Whycocomagh is a small Canadian rural community in the province of Nova Scotia. The population in 2001 was 854 residents. It is located on the eastern edge of Inverness County in the central part of Cape Breton Island. The community sits on the northwestern shore of St. Patrick's Channel, an arm...

  • Bucklaw
    Bucklaw, Nova Scotia
    Bucklaw is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Victoria County on Cape Breton Island. Bucklaw is situated along the Trans Canada Highway in the Nova Scotia Highway 105 section. There are no retail storefronts in Bucklaw...

  • Little Narrows
    Little Narrows, Nova Scotia
    Little Narrows is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Victoria County on Cape Breton Island.-References:*...

  • Iona
    Iona, Nova Scotia
    Iona is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Victoria County on Cape Breton Island. It is named after Iona in Scotland. Perched above the Barra Strait between the Great Bras d'Or and Piper's Cove portions of Bras d'Or Lake, Iona is the western terminus of the...

  • Washabuck
  • Nyanza
    Nyanza, Nova Scotia
    Nyanza is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Victoria County on Cape Breton Island.-References:*...


Parks

  • Battery Provincial Park
  • Ben Eoin Provincial Park
  • Bras d’Or Lookoff and Picnic Park
  • Dalem Lake Provincial Park
  • Groves Point Provincial Park
  • MacCormack Provincial Picnic Park,
  • Whycocomagh Provincial Park

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