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Fleur-de-lis Trail
The Fleur-de-lis Trail is a scenic roadway located on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island. It is approximately long and runs along the southeastern part of the island through an Acadian region, with a spur route to and encircling Isle Madame, for a total distance of . Routes * Trunk 4 * Trunk 22 * Route 206 * Route 247 * Route 320 * Route 327 *Trout Brook Road *Fourchu Road *St. Peters Fourchu Road Communities * Port Hawkesbury * Arichat * Isle Madame * D'Escousse * Lennox Passage * Grandique Ferry * Louisdale * Grande Anse * L'Ardoise * St. Peters * Lower St. Esprit * Fourchu * Gabarus Lake * Marion Bridge * Trout Brook * Albert Bridge * Catalone * Louisbourg Parks *Two Rivers Wildlife Park *Mira River Provincial Park *Lennox Passage Provincial Park Lennox Passage Provincial Park is a small picnic and beach park on the shores of Lennox Passage (waterway), Lennox Passage on the North Shore of Isle Madame (Nova Scotia), Isle Madame on Cape Breton Island, N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Hastings, Nova Scotia
Port Hastings is a unincorporated settlement on Cape Breton Island, within the Municipality of the County of Inverness, Canada. The population in 2021 was 90. The community is located at the eastern end of the Canso Causeway on Cape Breton Island. It is named after Charles Hastings Doyle. History The community was previously known as Plaster Cove. The Inverness and Richmond Railway was built from coal mines in Inverness to a loading dock at Point Tupper in 1901. The construction of the Canso Causeway which opened in 1955 saw the community become a railway junction after the Truro-Sydney mainline of Canadian National Railways (CNR) was diverted from the railcar ferry terminals at Mulgrave and Point Tupper. The CNR line to Inverness was eventually abandoned in the 1980s, although the Truro-Sydney mainline continues to operate under the Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway. The construction of the Canso Causeway also brought what would become the Trans-Canada Highway (H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arichat, Nova Scotia
Arichat is an unincorporated place in the Municipality of the County of Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is the main village on Isle Madame on the southeastern tip of Cape Breton Island. Toponym The name derives from a Mi'kmaq word meaning camping ground, or worn rocks. History Arichat has a deep and protected natural harbour which made it an important fishing and shipbuilding centre in the 1800s. Jerseyman Island, which protects the harbour, was visited by Europeans fishermen as early as the 1500s. The village was sacked by John Paul Jones during the American Revolutionary War, after which two cannons were installed above the village. The LeNoir Forge was an important boat building site and is now a museum. The first classes of St. Francis Xavier University began at Arichat in 1853, later moving to Antigonish , settlement_type = Town , image_skyline = File:St Ninian's Cathedral Antigonish Spring.jpg , image_caption ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Bridge, Nova Scotia
Albert Bridge (2001 pop.: 159) is a Canadian rural community in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Regional Municipality. Situated on the Mira River (Nova Scotia), Mira River, the community was previously named Mira Ferry for the location of a small ferry crossing the river. It received its present name after Albert Munro, the son of William Henry Munro, Nova Scotia's representative in the British Parliament who used his influence to have the ferry replaced with a bridge in 1849. The Mira River offers numerous water-based recreational opportunities during the summer months, including swimming, boating and canoeing. The bridge connects the two sides of the community, straddling the river. The community's economy is tied to the summer recreational months with numerous cottages making the area most active during this time; much of the business activity is centred on servicing these seasonal residents. Nova Scotia Trunk 22, Trunk 22 is the main road through the village and connects Sydney, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trout Brook, Nova Scotia
Trout Brook is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island Cape Breton Island (french: link=no, île du Cap-Breton, formerly '; gd, Ceap Breatainn or '; mic, Unamaꞌki) is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America and part of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The island accounts for 18. .... Parks *Trout Brook Provincial Park References Trout Brook on Destination Nova Scotia Communities in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality General Service Areas in Nova Scotia {{CapeBretonNS-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marion Bridge, Nova Scotia
Marion Bridge ( gd, Drochaid Mhira) (2001 pop.: 1711) is a Canadian rural community in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Regional Municipality. The community is named for the eponymous bridge that crosses the Mira River, Marion Bridge being approximately midway between the river's source in Grand Mira and its discharge point at Mira Gut. The current concrete highway bridge was constructed in 1982 as a replacement for an older bridge, which collapsed after an accident involving a snow plow. Marion Bridge was made famous through a popular song written by Allister MacGillivray. Entitled ''Song for the Mira'', it contains the refrain A refrain (from Vulgar Latin ''refringere'', "to repeat", and later from Old French ''refraindre'') is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in poetry — the "chorus" of a song. Poetic fixed forms that feature refrains include the vi ...: ''Can you imagine a piece of the universe,More fit for princes and kings? ''I'll trade you ten of your citi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabarus Lake, Nova Scotia
Gabarus Lake is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality Cape Breton Regional Municipality (often referred to as simply "CBRM") is the Canadian province of Nova Scotia's second largest municipality and the economic heart of Cape Breton Island. As of 2016 the municipality has a population of 94,285. The .... References Gabarus Lake on Destination Nova Scotia Communities in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality General Service Areas in Nova Scotia {{CapeBretonNS-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fourchu, Nova Scotia
Fourchu ( ) is a small community located on Nova Scotia Route 247 in Richmond County on Cape Breton Island Cape Breton Island (french: link=no, île du Cap-Breton, formerly '; gd, Ceap Breatainn or '; mic, Unamaꞌki) is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America and part of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The island accounts for 18. .... References Fourchu on Destination Nova Scotia Communities in Richmond County, Nova Scotia General Service Areas in Nova Scotia {{RichmondNS-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower St
Lower may refer to: *Lower (surname) *Lower Township, New Jersey *Lower Receiver (firearms) *Lower Wick Lower Wick is a small hamlet located in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It is situated about five miles south west of Dursley, eighteen miles southwest of Gloucester and fifteen miles northeast of Bristol. Lower Wick is within the civil ... Gloucestershire, England See also * Nizhny {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Ardoise, Nova Scotia
L'Ardoise is a small community located on Nova Scotia Route 247 in Richmond County on Cape Breton Island, in Nova Scotia, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot .... The community has a rich history of French and Acadian culture. References Communities in Richmond County, Nova Scotia General Service Areas in Nova Scotia {{Acadia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grande Anse, Nova Scotia
Grande Anse is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Richmond County Richmond County may refer to places: Australia *Richmond County, New South Wales, a cadastral division Canada *Richmond County, Nova Scotia United Kingdom *Richmondshire, the original Richmond County in Yorkshire, England United States .... It is on the north side of Lennox Passage. It was settled in the early 19th century. A school was opened in 1832 and a postal way office was established in 1862. In 1956, the population was 125. References Communities in Richmond County, Nova Scotia General Service Areas in Nova Scotia {{RichmondNS-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisdale, Nova Scotia
Louisdale (pronounced Lewisdale) is an unincorporated area within the Municipality of the County of Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is located on Cape Breton Island at the centre of an Acadian region. Founded mainly by families from nearby Petit-de-Grat, its early settlers were primarily of Acadian and, from the early 19th century, Scottish descent. It has two schools, park areas, and places to eat catering to tourists and residents. History Early 19th century migrants to Richmond were mainly Scottish settlers, with fishing and farming important parts of the economy. The Louisdale area was formerly known as "Barachois St. Louis" or "The Barachois", according to archival documents. To distinguish it from other communities, the name was statutorily changed by the provincial legislature on April 7, 1905. A ''barachois'' is a term used in Atlantic Canada to describe a coastal lagoon separated from the ocean by a sand bar. The term comes from a Basque word, "''barratxoa''", meanin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grandique Ferry
Grandique Ferry is a former community in Richmond County, Nova Scotia. Currently classed a "locality" by the provincial government, it is situated on the northern shore of the Lennox Passage near Louisdale, opposite Grandique Point on Isle Madame. The name "Grandique" is derived from the French meaning for "big ditch" or "big bank". History Grand Digue Ferry was a mission of Arichat in the early 19th century. There is a Grandique on Isle Madame, which claimed they had the mission. It was Grandique Ferry that had the mission according to Bishop John Cameron, in an article in the May 22, 1969, edition of the Antigonish Casket. It was about the History of L'Ardoise Parish. He wrote that the idea was eventually when a cleric was available to establish a parish to administer to the people of St. Peters Bay area from Grand Digue Ferry to L'Ardoise. The Diocese was in Arichat from 1844 to 1886. The seat of the diocese was transferred to Antigonish around 1886 and it happened under B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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