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  2. Angus MacAskill - Wikipedia

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    Angus MacAskill (1825 – 8 August 1863) was a Scottish-born Canadian giant. In its 1981 edition the Guinness Book of World Records stated he was the strongest man, the tallest non-pathological giant and the largest true giant in recorded history at 7 feet 9 inches (2.36 m), he also had the largest chest measurements of any non-obese man at 80 inches (203 cm).

  3. Cape Breton fiddling - Wikipedia

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    Cape Breton fiddle music is strongly influenced by the intonations of the Scots-Gaelic language, especially Puirt a Beul (mouth music) and strathspeys. The ornaments are adapted from those used on the Great Highland bagpipe. The ornamentation (cuts aka. trebles, drones and doubling) brings out the strong feeling of Cape Breton fiddle.

  4. Simon Gillis - Wikipedia

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    Gillis was practicing with a 16-pound (7 kg) hammer in a vacant lot on Park Avenue between 134th and 135th street on September 30, 1904, and "just as he had let the 16 pound hammer go for an extra long throw, Christian Koehler, a fourteen-year-old boy, climbed the fence in pursuit of a baseball. Gillis and several boys shouted a warning, but ...

  5. Cape Breton Island - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. William Davis (miner) - Wikipedia

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    William Davis (June 3, 1887 – June 11, 1925) was a coal miner from Cape Breton Island.He was born in Gloucestershire, England and died in New Waterford, Nova Scotia. [1] His name is well-remembered in Nova Scotia due to the annual observance of William Davis Miners' Memorial Day in recognition of Davis and also of all miners killed in the province's coal mines.

  7. Canso Causeway - Wikipedia

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    The Canso Causeway was built at a narrow location on the Strait of Canso, about 6.6 kilometres (4.1 mi) northwest of Port Hawkesbury and Mulgrave, [6] crossing from Cape Porcupine near Auld's Cove on the Nova Scotia side to Port Hastings on the Cape Breton side. About 10,092,000 t (9,933,000 long tons) of rock for building the causeway was ...

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