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Lighthouse Route Route information Maintained by Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal Length 585 km (364 mi) Component highways Trunk 3 Hwy 103 Route 309 Route 329 Route 330 Route 331 Route 332 Route 333 Major junctions East end Trunk 3 / Route 333 in Halifax West end Trunk 1 / Trunk 3 in Yarmouth Location Country Canada Province Nova Scotia Counties Halifax Regional ...
Iona (Scottish Gaelic: Sanndraigh) is an unincorporated place in the Municipality of the County of Victoria, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is named after Iona in Scotland. It is at the western end of the Barra Strait Bridge, opposite Grand Narrows. Iona was settled by Gaelic speaking immigrants from the Isle of Barra in 1802.
Peggys Point Lighthouse, also known as Peggys Cove Lighthouse, is an active lighthouse and an iconic Canadian image. Located within Peggy's Cove , Nova Scotia , it is one of the busiest tourist attractions in the province and is a prime attraction on the Lighthouse Trail scenic drive.
Route 205; Route 216; Route 223 ... Location; Country: Canada: Province: Nova Scotia: Counties: Cape ... The Bras d'Or Lakes Scenic Drive is a scenic roadway on Nova ...
It is located on Cape Breton Island and runs from Leitches Creek Station at Route 305 to North Side Whycocomagh Bay at Highway 105. The highway crosses Bras d'Or Lake twice, first at the Barra Strait where the Barra Strait Bridge links Iona and Grand Narrows (until 1993 this was served by a ferry), and then at St. Patrick's Channel using the ...
The Barra Strait [1] is a 1.22 km (0.76 mi) wide channel located in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.It connects the northern and southern basins of Bras d'Or Lake, an inland saltwater body that dominates the centre of Cape Breton Island.
A ferry service operated across the Barra Strait, between Grand Narrows and Iona, starting in 1847, and continued for the next 146 years. [5]In the late 1880s the Intercolonial Railway of Canada bridged the strait with the Grand Narrows Bridge (also known as the Barra Strait Railway Bridge), which is still the longest railway bridge in the province, [6] crossing between Uniacke Point to the ...
Grand Narrows [3] (Scottish Gaelic: An Caolas Mór) (2001 population 15) is a community in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada. The community is the birthplace of the longest serving Premier of Nova Scotia, George Henry Murray. The Barra Strait Marina is here, operated by the Grand Narrows Waterfront Development Society.