White Hill is a peak in the
Cape Breton Highlands
The Cape Breton Highlands (french: Plateau du Cap-Breton, gd, Àrd-thalamh Cheap Bhreatainn), commonly called the Highlands, refer to a highland or mountainous plateau across the northern part of Cape Breton Island in the Canadian province of N ...
and is the highest elevation point in the province of
Nova Scotia
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, Canada.
Located on the plateau northwest of
Ingonish and northeast of
Chéticamp, the peak is situated in the
Cape Breton Highlands National Park and is accessible only by hiking. It is a remote, large flat hill, covered by small spruce trees rising from a marshy, barren, windswept upland about from the nearest road and from any maintained hiking trails.
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Survey monument
There is a first order Natural Resources Canada
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Geodetic
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Survey Division Station (Unique Number: 23105) on the summit, consisting of a marker, a brass/bronze disk, set in the top of a concrete pier on a small bedrock outcrop. There was a metal tower marking the site, but it was lying on the ground as of 2008. The station was surveyed and placed in June 1923 and the marker was renewed in 1963. The station was inspected by helicopter in 1976 and 1987.
See also
* List of highest points of Canadian provinces and territories
This is a list of the highest points of the Canadian provinces and territories, by height.
;Notes
*Fairweather Mountain is the officially gazetted name, but Mount Fairweather is the common usage. Mount Fairweather is on the boundary with Alaska, ...
References
External links
Atlas of Canada – Facts about mountains
Peakbagger 1994 Summary of White Hill and surroundings (with photo)
2007 Summary of hike to White Hill and surroundings (with many photos)
2008 Summary of hike to White Hill and surroundings (with many photos)
{{Mountains of Nova Scotia
Mountains of Nova Scotia
Landforms of Victoria County, Nova Scotia
Mountains of Canada under 1000 metres