Cape Breton
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Geographic locations

  • 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....

    , a Canadian island on the Atlantic Ocean coast
  • Cape Breton
    Cape Breton (Nova Scotia)
    This article is about the headland. For other uses, see Cape Breton .This article is about the headland. For other uses, see Cape Breton .This article is about the headland...

    , a cape located at the eastern tip of Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island
  • Cape Breton Highlands
    Cape Breton Highlands
    The Cape Breton Highlands, commonly called the Highlands, refer to a highland or mountainous plateau of ancient rock across the northern part of Cape Breton Island in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia....

    , a mountain range in northern Cape Breton Island
  • Cape Breton County
    Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia
    Cape Breton County, officially, County Cape Breton, is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, on Cape Breton Island.Taking its name from Cape Breton, the most easterly point of the island which was called after the Bretons of Brittany, this municipality has what is probably the oldest...

    , one of Nova Scotia's geographic counties

Communities

Canada
  • Cape Breton Regional Municipality
    Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia
    Cape Breton Regional Municipality often shortened to simply CBRM, is a regional municipality in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton County.According to the 2006 Census of Canada, the population within the Cape Breton Regional Municipality is 102,250...

     (CBRM), a regional municipality in Nova Scotia


France
  • Capbreton
    Capbreton
    Capbreton is a commune of around 7500 inhabitants in the Landes department in Aquitaine in south-western France. Located at the mouth of the Boudigau and Bourret rivers, the town is situated about 40 km to the north of Biarritz.The town is a popular holiday destination for sailers, surfers,...

    , a commune of the Landes département in southwestern France

Sports teams

  • Cape Breton Breakers
    Cape Breton Breakers
    The Cape Breton Breakers were a franchise in the National Basketball League that began play in 1993, the league's first season. The team played their home games at Centre 200, in Sydney, which was also home of the Cape Breton Oilers....

    , former team of the defunct National Basketball League
  • Cape Breton Crush, former team of the defunct Canadian Elite Hockey League
  • Cape Breton Oilers
    Cape Breton Oilers
    The Cape Breton Oilers were a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. The team relocated from Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1988 and was renamed for Cape Breton Island. Home games were played in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, at Centre 200...

    , former team of the American Hockey League
  • Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
    Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
    The Cape Breton Screaming Eagles are a major junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Their home rink is Centre 200 in Sydney, Nova Scotia.-Franchise history :...

    , current team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

Electoral districts

  • Cape Breton (electoral district)
    Cape Breton (electoral district)
    Cape Breton was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1904. It was created as part of the British North America Act in 1867....

  • Cape Breton North and Victoria
    Cape Breton North and Victoria
    Cape Breton North and Victoria was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1968.-History:This riding was created in 1903 as "North Cape Breton and Victoria"' riding from Cape Breton and Victoria...

  • Cape Breton South (federal electoral district)
    Cape Breton South (federal electoral district)
    Cape Breton South was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1911 and from 1925 to 1968.-History:This riding was created in 1903 from Cape Breton riding...

  • Cape Breton South (provincial electoral district)
    Cape Breton South (provincial electoral district)
    Cape Breton South is a provincial electoral district in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Its Member of the Legislative Assembly since 1993 has been Manning MacDonald of the Liberal Party of Nova Scotia...

  • Cape Breton—Canso
    Cape Breton—Canso
    Cape Breton—Canso is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 75,221...

  • Cape Breton Nova
    Cape Breton Nova
    Cape Breton Nova is a provincial electoral district in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Its Member of the Legislative Assembly since 2003 has been Gordie Gosse of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party...

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