Cape Breton

Cape Breton is an Island which is the insular portion of the province of Nova Scotia at its eastern extremity on Canada's eastern coast. Cape Breton Island makes up about 18.7% of the province's total landmass and is its primary island component. Though it has been connected to mainland Nova Scotia since 1955 by the artificial Canso Causeway, it is still geographically classified as an island. It is about 100 miles long and 85 broad. Historically, early European settlers and traders utilized Cape Breton's old-growth pine and white oak for shipbuilding. Today, centuries of logging, agriculture, and natural updates have altered the landscape. The island is actually dominated by mixed Acadian hardwood and softwood forests. Cape Breton today is known for its rugged coastlines, Acadian forests, tourism (the Cabot Trail), renewable energy, and world-class seafood exports.

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Cape Chelyuskin, Cape Clear, Cape Coast Castle, Cape Colony, Cape Comorin