Thursday, March 17, 2011

Nova Scotia‘s Cape Breton has an untamed beauty

Cape Breton Island

Cape Breton Waterfall

Cape Breton Island is part of Nova Scotia province, Canada. Although physically separated from Nova Scotia peninsula by the Canso Strait. But It is artificially connected to mainland Nova Scotia by the Canso Causeway. The island is located in the east-northeast from the mainland while the north and west coast fronting the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, west coast also forming the eastern boundaries of Northumberland Strait. Eastern and southern coast face the Atlantic Ocean, the eastern coast also forming the western boundary to Cabot Strait. Mainland slopes upward from south to north, culminating in the highlands of the north cape. One ofthe world’s largest salt water lake “Bras d’Or” ( Arm of Gold – in English), dominates the center of the island.

Nova Scotia‘s Cape Breton has an untamed beauty that makes for some of the most impressive scenery in North America. The island is a wonderful mixture of rocky shores, rolling pasture, barren headlands, woodland, mountains and plateaux. Comprehension of the people of Cape Breton Island is not possible without knowledge of its earliest shelters. Cape Bretons today reflect the resolve of those pioneers. The Island has shaped them just as they struggled to shape the island.

Nova Scotia‘s Cape Breton has an untamed beauty that makes for some of the most impressive scenery in North America

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