Cape Breton Island

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Cape Breton Island is a large, culturally rich island in northeastern Nova Scotia, Canada, known for its rugged coastline, Celtic heritage, and the scenic Cabot Trail.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region ⓘ
island ⓘ
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ
connectedBy Canso Causeway ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
hasBodyOfWater Bras d'Or Lake ⓘ
hasCity Sydney, Nova Scotia ⓘ
hasCulturalInfluence Acadian French ⓘ
Irish ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity coal mining (historical) ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasHistoricSite Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site ⓘ
Fortress of Louisbourg ⓘ
hasIndigenousPeople Mi'kmaq ⓘ
linked to: Mi’kmaq
hasLargestCity Sydney, Nova Scotia ⓘ
hasMi'kmaqCommunity Eskasoni First Nation ⓘ
Membertou First Nation ⓘ
hasNationalPark Cape Breton Highlands National Park ⓘ
hasRegion Cape Breton Highlands ⓘ
hasScenicRoute Cabot Trail ⓘ
hasTown Baddeck ⓘ
Cheticamp ⓘ
Glace Bay ⓘ
Inverness, Nova Scotia ⓘ
Louisbourg ⓘ
New Waterford ⓘ
North Sydney ⓘ
hasUNESCOStatus Bras d'Or Lake Biosphere Reserve ⓘ
hasUniversity Cape Breton University ⓘ
knownFor Acadian culture ⓘ
Celtic Colours International Festival ⓘ
Celtic heritage ⓘ
Gaelic language revival ⓘ
coal mining history ⓘ
rugged coastline ⓘ
steel industry history ⓘ
traditional fiddle music ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic Canada ⓘ
Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ
Nova Scotia ⓘ
partOf Maritime Provinces ⓘ
Province of Nova Scotia ⓘ
linked to: Nova Scotia
separatedBy Strait of Canso ⓘ
separatedFrom Nova Scotia mainland ⓘ
linked to: Nova Scotia
timeZone Atlantic Time Zone ⓘ

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Nova Scotia → connectedTo → Cape Breton Island ⓘ
Nova Scotia → contains → Cape Breton Island ⓘ
Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, Canada → locatedOn → Cape Breton Island ⓘ
Gulf of St. Lawrence → hasIsland → Cape Breton Island ⓘ
Maritime Canada → hasCulturalRegion → Cape Breton Island ⓘ
French colonial authorities in New France → appliesToTerritory → Île Royale (Cape Breton Island) ⓘ
linked to: Cape Breton Island
Siege of Louisbourg (1758) → location → Cape Breton Island ⓘ
Colony of Nova Scotia → includesTerritory → Cape Breton Island ⓘ
Canso Causeway → connects → Cape Breton Island ⓘ
Cabot Trail → locatedIn → Cape Breton Island ⓘ
Cabot Trail → region → Cape Breton ⓘ
linked to: Cape Breton Island
Louisburg → locatedIn → Cape Breton Island ⓘ
Cape Breton Regional Municipality → locatedIn → Cape Breton Island ⓘ
Atlantic Canada → containsIsland → Cape Breton Island ⓘ
Baddeck, Nova Scotia → locatedIn → Cape Breton Island ⓘ
Baddeck, Nova Scotia → partOf → Cape Breton tourism region ⓘ
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My Bloody Valentine → filmingLocation → Cape Breton, Nova Scotia ⓘ
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Louisbourg → locatedIn → Cape Breton Island ⓘ
Bras d'Or Lake → locatedIn → Cape Breton Island ⓘ
Bras d'Or Lake → region → Cape Breton Island ⓘ
Cabot Strait → separates → Cape Breton Island ⓘ
Cabot Strait → nearbyIsland → Cape Breton Island ⓘ
Sydney, Nova Scotia → locatedIn → Cape Breton Island ⓘ
Cape Breton Eagles → region → Cape Breton Island ⓘ
Cape Breton Eagles → hasFanBaseRegion → Cape Breton Island ⓘ
Fleet Maintenance Facility Cape Breton → namedAfter → Cape Breton ⓘ
linked to: Cape Breton Island
Louis Du Pont Duchambon → governedTerritory → Cape Breton Island ⓘ
Île Royale → formerNameOf → Cape Breton Island ⓘ
Île Royale → presentDayName → Cape Breton Island ⓘ
Truro, Nova Scotia → railJunctionFor → Cape Breton ⓘ
linked to: Cape Breton Island
Alistair MacLeod → residence → Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada ⓘ
linked to: Cape Breton Island
Alistair MacLeod → region → Cape Breton Island ⓘ
Belinda McDonald → settingOfStory → Cape Breton Island ⓘ
Scottish diaspora → hasSignificantCommunityIn → Cape Breton Island ⓘ
Port of Sydney → locatedIn → Cape Breton Island ⓘ
Port of Sydney → regionServed → Cape Breton Island ⓘ
Île Saint-Jean → locatedNear → Île Royale (Cape Breton Island) ⓘ
linked to: Cape Breton Island
Eastern Continental Trail route network → connectsWith → Cape Breton Island section of the International Appalachian Trail ⓘ
linked to: Cape Breton Island
NSCC Marconi Campus → locatedIn → Cape Breton Island ⓘ
NSCC Marconi Campus → servesRegion → Cape Breton ⓘ
linked to: Cape Breton Island
Chevalier de Drucour → historicalRegion → Île Royale (Cape Breton Island) ⓘ
linked to: Cape Breton Island
Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia → locatedOn → Cape Breton Island ⓘ
Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia → region → Cape Breton ⓘ
linked to: Cape Breton Island
Skyline Trail → situatedOn → Cape Breton Island ⓘ
Cheticamp → region → Cape Breton ⓘ
linked to: Cape Breton Island
Ingonish → locatedIn → Cape Breton Island ⓘ
Ingonish → partOf → Cape Breton Regional tourism area ⓘ
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Ingonish → tourismRegion → Cape Breton Island tourism region ⓘ
linked to: Cape Breton Island