Bras d'Or Lake Cape Breton Island

Cape Breton Island , Nova Scotia, Canada

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  • 1

    Reif fuer die Insel

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    ... das tiefe Dunkelblau des Atlantiks. Am Weg gibt es vieles zu sehen, so auch eine National Historic Site am Bras d Or Lake, wo der Erfinder und Sprachforscher Alexander Graham Bell gelebt und getueftelt hat, bis eines Tages schliesslich ein brauchbares ...

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    Last day in Baddeck

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    ... at a local restaurant, "Trio" in the Cambridge Suite Hotel.  On our return, we skirted the south shore of Bras d'Or Lake across from Baddeck. Along the way we stopped at the Highland Village, a recreation of a typical early ...

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    An Clachan Gàidhealach

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    ... and general store.  The latest building is the United Church, taken from its original site at Malagawatch and floated across the Bras D'or Lake to Iona in 2003. I learned how to make yarn from fleece and have to say, I'm all over ...

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    The Citadel and Our Trip to Baddeck

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    ... of the trail, which is considered one of the most scenic and spectacular highways on the continent.  It will run through Cape Breton Highlands National Park, stopping along the way for pictures and lunch. We walked along the Bras D’Or Lake, ...

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    Cape Breton Highlands National Park - Day 2

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    ... him of his native Scotland.  The following year he started building an estate on a point across from Baddeck, overlooking Bras d'Or Lake.  The Bells would name it Beinn Bhreagh - Gaelic for beautiful mountain.  It seems his wife ...

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    Cape Breton and the lure of Bras d'Or

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    ... second leg. Driving across NS to Truro only took an hour and from there another 3 hours to  Baddeck in beautiful Cape Breton, an island of primarily Scottish descendents on the northeastern end of NS. Baddeck is a charming and sleepy village on the ...

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    Baddeck, Nova Scotia

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    Not much activity today. We drove from Havre Boucher to Baddeck on Cape Breton Island. Met some nice folks parked next to us from Ontario. She loaned me a book about sea glass which we have been collecting on the beaches. Also some folks parked right ...

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    Heading to the Cape

    ... to think about mounting up again. It's been a while since my last visit and I'd forgotten how pretty the ride into Cape Breton is, nice vistas of Bras d' Or Lake and gentle, sweeps up the old mountains. No, I did not stop to take photos, maybe it will be ...

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    Historic Cape Breton Island

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    ... (Golden Arm ), a great expanse of brackish water with a few links to the ocean.  It takes up the centre of Cape Breton Island with the land circling and protecting it from the tide.  It's all very beautiful and the angry grey skies dramatically ...

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    On the Cabot Trail

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    ... a wine store anywhere about? This was to be our introduction into the hospitality and candor of the good folks who live in Cape Breton. A woman overhearing our deliberations chirped up that there was such a store just down the highway and turn right and, ...