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Belle Isle (other)
Belle Isle may refer to: Places Canada * Belle Isle (Newfoundland and Labrador), an island between Labrador and Newfoundland ** Strait of Belle Isle, in which the island is situated England * Belle Isle, Leeds, West Yorkshire * Belle Isle (Windermere), an island in Lake District, Cumbria France * Belle Isle (Brittany) Ireland * Belle Isle Castle, a castle in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland United States * Belle Isle, Florida, an inland town in central Florida * Belle Isle (Miami Beach), an artificial island in Biscayne Bay * Belle Isle, a small island in Isle Royale National Park, Michigan * Belle Isle Marsh Reservation, parkland near Boston * Belle Isle Park (Michigan), in Detroit, Michigan * Belle Isle State Park (Virginia), in Lancaster, Virginia * Belle Isle (Lancaster, Virginia), a historic plantation house * Belle Isle (Richmond, Virginia), an island and public park in the James River People * Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle (1684–1761), Frenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belle Isle (Newfoundland And Labrador)
Belle Isle (French for "Beautiful Island") is an uninhabited island slightly more than off the coast of Labrador and slightly less than north of Newfoundland at the Atlantic entrance to the Strait of Belle Isle, which takes its name. Named by the French explorer Jacques Cartier, the island lies on the shortest shipping lane between the Great Lakes and Europe and is on the main north-south shipping route to Hudson Bay and the Northwest Territories. The northern terminus of the International Appalachian Trail is on Belle Isle. Geography Belle Isle rises to about at its highest point and is in area, long and wide. It is nearly from either coast, but it is slightly closer to the Labrador side of the Strait of Belle Isle, and it has a lighthouse (supported by flying buttresses) at both its northern and its southern ends. Officially uninhabited, the island has some seasonal occupation during fishing season. Belle Isle is the northernmost peak of the Appalachian Mountains, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belle Isle (Lancaster, Virginia)
Belle Isle is a historic plantation house located near Lancaster, Lancaster County, Virginia. It was built about 1759, and consists of a two-story, three bay, brick central section with one-story flanking wings. The Colonial style dwelling has a hipped roof pierced by two tall interior end chimneys, and surrounded at its base by the original modillion cornice. Also on the property are two original one-story brick dependencies set perpendicular to the facade of the house. The original interior woodwork was removed in 1922, and installed in the Winterthur Museum in 1941. an''Accompanying photo''/ref> It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. References External linksBelle Isle, State Route 683, Somers, Lancaster County, VA 24 photos, 18 measured drawings, and 2 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey Heritage Documentation Programs (HDP) is a division of the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) responsible for administering the Historic Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belleisle (other)
Belleisle or Belle Île may refer to: Places ;In New Brunswick *Belleisle, New Brunswick, an informal geographic region in the lower Saint John River valley *Belleisle Bay, a fjord-like branch of the St. John River *Belleisle Creek, New Brunswick, a community in Kings County ;Elsewhere *Belleisle, Nova Scotia, a community in Annapolis County *Belle Isle Castle, a castle in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland *Belle Île, a French island off the coast of Brittany Ships * Belleisle Bay Ferry, a cable ferry in New Brunswick * ''Belleisle''-class ironclad, a British ship class of two ironclads * HMS ''Belleisle'', three ships of the Royal Navy See also *Belle Isle (other) *Belle Island (other) Belle Island may refer to: * Belle Island (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) * Belle Island (Wisconsin) See also * Bell Island (other) * Belle Isle (other) * Belleisle (other) {{place name disambiguation ... * Bell Island (other) {{di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belle Île
Belle-Île, Belle-Île-en-Mer, or Belle Isle ( br, Ar Gerveur, ; br, label=Old Breton, Guedel) is a French island off the coast of Brittany in the ''département'' of Morbihan, and the largest of Brittany's islands. It is from the Quiberon peninsula. Administratively, the island is divided into four communes: * Bangor * Le Palais * Locmaria * Sauzon Belle-Île formed a canton until 2015 when it was merged into the canton of Quiberon as part of a general overhaul. Geography The island measures and has an average elevation of . The area is about . The coasts are a mixture between dangerously sharp cliff edges on the southwest side, the ''Côte Sauvage'' ("wild coast"), and placid beaches, the largest being ''les Grands Sables'' ("the great sands") and navigable harbours on the northeast side. The island's climate is oceanic, having less rain and milder winters than on the mainland. The two main ports are Le Palais (accessible by ferry from Quiberon, Port-Navalo and Vanne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bell Island (other)
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Bell Island may refer to: * Bell Island (The Bahamas), and island part of the Lucayan Archipelago * Bell Island (Newfoundland and Labrador), Canada, an island in Conception Bay * Bell Island (Grey Islands), Canada, one of the Grey Islands, off Newfoundland's Great Northern Peninsula * Bell Island (Alaska), U.S. * Bell Island (Franz Josef Land), Russia * Bell Island (New Zealand), in Waimea Inlet, part of Tasman Bay See also * Belle Island (other) * Belle Isle (other) * Belleisle (other) Belleisle or Belle Île may refer to: Places ;In New Brunswick *Belleisle, New Brunswick, an informal geographic region in the lower Saint John River valley *Belleisle Bay, a fjord-like branch of the St. John River *Belleisle Creek, New Brunswick, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Self Portrait (Bob Dylan Album)
''Self Portrait'' is the tenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on June 8, 1970, by Columbia Records. ''Self Portrait'' was Dylan's second double album (after '' Blonde on Blonde''), and features many cover versions of well-known pop and folk songs. Also included are a handful of instrumentals and original compositions. Most of the album is sung in the affected country crooning voice that Dylan had introduced a year earlier on ''Nashville Skyline''. Seen by some as intentionally surreal and even satirical at times, ''Self Portrait'' received extremely poor reviews. Dylan has stated in interviews that ''Self Portrait'' was something of a joke, far below the standards he set in the 1960s, and was made to end the "spokesman of a generation" label that critics had put on him. Despite the negative critical reception, the album quickly went gold in the US, where it hit No. 4, and was also a UK No. 1 hit. The album saw a retrospective positive re-evaluation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Charles Armand Fouquet
Louis Charles Armand Fouquet, known as Chevalier de Belle-Isle, (19 September 1693 in Agde – 19 July 1747 at the Battle of Assietta) was a French general and diplomat. He was the younger brother to Marshal Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle. He served as a junior officer in the War of the Spanish Succession and as brigadier in the campaign of 1734 on the Rhine and Moselle, where he won the grade of ''Maréchal de camp''. He was employed under his brother in political missions in Bavaria and in Swabia in 1741–1742, became a lieutenant-general, fought in Bohemia, Bavaria and the Rhine countries in 1742–1743, and was arrested and sent to England with the marshal in 1744. On his release he was given a command in the Army of Piedmont, and troops under his command reinforced the beleaguered city of Antibes during the Siege of Antibes, 1746-7 siege, preventing its fall to the Habsburg monarchy, Austrians. Belle-Isle ultimately was killed at the Battle of Assietta on 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, Duc De Belle-Isle
Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle (22 September 168426 January 1761) was a French general and statesman. Life and career Born in Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Belle-Isle was the grandson of Nicolas Fouquet, who served as Superintendent of Finances under Louis XIV. His family was in disgrace because of Fouquet's brash ambition in the eyes of Louis XIV. Determined to blot out his family's prior disgrace, he entered the army at an early age and was made proprietary colonel of a dragoon regiment in 1708. He rose during the War of the Spanish Succession to the rank of brigadier, and in March 1718 to that of Maréchal de Camp. He was present at the capture of Fuenterrabía in 1718 and of San Sebastián in 1719 during the War of the Quadruple Alliance (1718–1720.) Aided by the rise of Cardinal Fleury, Belle-Isle was made lieutenant-général, and grew in influence over French military policy. In the War of the Polish Succession he commanded a corps under the orders of Marsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belle Isle (Richmond, Virginia)
Belle Isle is a small island in the city of Richmond, Virginia. Belle Island lies within the James River (Virginia), James River, and being owned by the city it serves as a city park. It is accessible to pedestrian and bicycle traffic via a suspension bridge, suspension footbridge that runs under the Robert E. Lee Memorial Bridge from the northern shore or via a wooden bridge from the southern shore. Except when the water level of the James is high, it is also reachable by foot from the southern shore via easy boulder-hopping. From Belle Isle, one can see Hollywood Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia), Hollywood Cemetery, the old Tredegar Iron Works, and Richmond City's skyline. Belle Isle has many bike trails around the island, and has a small cliff used for rock climbing instruction. History Belle Isle was originally known as Broad Rock Island. It was first explored by Captain John Smith in 1607. In the 18th century the island was occupied by a fishery. In 1814, the Old Dominion Iron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belle Isle State Park (Virginia)
Belle Isle State Park is located in Lancaster County, Virginia, on the Rappahannock River. It sits between Deep Creek and Morattico Creek and is currently under public ownership. The park has an area of and has facilities for camping, fishing, boating and picnics. As of 2015, the yearly visitation was 44,502. The park is a peninsula surrounded by Tidewater (geographic term), Tidewater coastal marshes. Wildlife observed includes blue herons, osprey, hawks, bald eagles, white-tailed deer and various reptiles and amphibians. It is near the unincorporated towns of Litwalton, Virginia, Litwalton, Morattico, Virginia, Morattico and Somers, Virginia, Somers. History The park and Georgian architecture, Georgian style Plantation house in the Southern United States, mansion were operated in the 19th century as a plantations in the American South, plantation. The property was acquired in 1692 by John Bertrand. Belle Isle mansion was built around 1760 by Raleigh Downman and restored in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strait Of Belle Isle
The Strait of Belle Isle (; french: Détroit de Belle Isle ) is a waterway in eastern Canada that separates the Labrador Peninsula from the island of Newfoundland, in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Location The strait is the northern outlet for the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, the other two being the Cabot Strait and Strait of Canso. As such, it is also considered part of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway system. The strait is approximately long and ranges from a maximum width of to just at its narrowest, the average width being . Origins of name The name is derived from the island of Belle Isle ( French for "Beautiful Island"), which is at the extreme eastern end of the strait and roughly equidistant from Table Head, Labrador, and Cape Bauld, Newfoundland. History Both the island of Newfoundland as well as the Labrador region which surrounds the Strait of Belle Isle have been inhabited by Indigenous Peoples for millennia. The surrounding land environment has his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
