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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
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, Canada. Located on the plateau northwest of
Ingonish Ingonish is a popular tourist destination in Victoria County, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. The regional economy is tied to fishing and tourism. Tourist facilities include Cape Breton Highlands National Park, the Keltic Lodge, a dow ...
and northeast of Chéticamp, the peak is situated in the
Cape Breton Highlands National Park Cape Breton Highlands National Park is a Canadian national park on northern Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. The park was the first national park in the Atlantic provinces of Canada and covers an area of . It is one of 42 in Canada's syste ...
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.


Survey monument

There is a first order
Natural Resources Canada Natural Resources Canada (NRCan; french: Ressources naturelles Canada; french: RNCan, label=none)Natural Resources Canada is the applied title under the Federal Identity Program; the legal title is Department of Natural Resources (). is the dep ...
Geodetic 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

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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