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The first school was opened in La Presqu'île around 1877 before later being located higher on the mountain in 1904. A Post Office was established June 1, 1899 at the home of Vieux Maurice Aucoin who become the first Postmaster. [3] [1] Two lobster factories had already been established between 1900 and 1925. By 1936 the Cap-Rouge region ...
While the region boasts a diverse industrial economy when compared to other regions in Nova Scotia, [26] the region continues to struggle with an unemployment rate of 13.7% in December 2017, significantly higher than the Nova Scotia and national averages. [27] CBRM is home to a significant tourism industry.
The Municipality of the County of Inverness is a county municipality on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. It provides local government to about 17,000 residents of the historical county of the same name, except for the incorporated town of Port Hawkesbury and the Whycocomagh 2 Miꞌkmaq reserve, both of which are enclaves.
Cape Breton County is one of eighteen counties in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It is located on Cape Breton Island . From 1879 to 1995, the area of the county excluded from towns and cities was incorporated as the Municipality of the County of Cape Breton to provide local government services.
Cape Breton Island (French: île du Cap-Breton, formerly île Royale; Scottish Gaelic: Ceap Breatainn or Eilean Cheap Bhreatainn; Mi'kmaq: Unama'ki) [5] is a rugged and irregularly shaped island [6] on the Atlantic coast of North America and part of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada.
Barrington is in the Shelburne riding for the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Nolan Young was elected in the 2021 Nova Scotia general election to represent Shelburne as a member of the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia. [40] Barrington is in the South Shore—St. Margarets riding for the House of Commons of Canada.
Groves Point is an unincorporated community in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Groves Point Provincial Park is a nearby day-use park with a beach on Bras d'Or Lake. [2]
Nova Scotia – meaning New Scotland in Latin, is the second-smallest province in Canada. [1] It is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces , with its mainland territory consisting of the Nova Scotia peninsula surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , in addition to over 3,800 coastal islands, the largest one being Cape Breton Island .