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Baddeck is a Mi'kmaq language place name. [3] The French called it La Bedeque, while Canadian Gaelic speakers called it Badaig. [3] Its original name, Apatakwitk, has been variously reported as meaning "reversing flow", [3] "place with island near" (a likely reference to Kidston Island), [4] "a portion of food set aside for someone", or "a sultry place".
Baddeck, Nova Scotia is a village founded in 1908, with a history stretching back to early Mi'kmaq, French, and British settlements. The village was home to Alexander Graham Bell and was witness to the first flight in the commonwealth with Bell's Silver Dart .
Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site is a 10-hectare (25-acre) property in Baddeck, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, overlooking the Bras d'Or Lakes. [1] The site is a unit of Parks Canada, the national park system, and includes the Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site, which contains the largest repository of artifacts and ...
Baddeck, And That Sort of Thing is a travel journal written by Charles Dudley Warner, the American author who co-wrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today with Mark Twain. In 1873, Joseph Twichell invited Warner to accompany him on a trip to Baddeck, Nova Scotia .
Saint Peter's and Saint John's Anglican Church is an historic building in Baddeck, Nova Scotia.The church is one of only four remaining churches designed by Reverend Simon Gibbons, Canada's first Inuit priest. [1]
The Baddeck River is a minor river on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. It empties into the Bras d'Or Lake several kilometres west of the village of Baddeck. The Baddeck River flows south from the Cape Breton Highlands. It offers excellent trout fishing and bird watching. The Uisge Ban Falls are a popular feature of the river.
Duffus operated a mercantile business on the island, serving people from River Baddeck and Grand Narrows; customers were ferried to the island by canoe. [2] Duffus died in 1833, and his former assistants operated the business for a little over two years. [2] In 1836 the executors of his estate in Halifax sent William Kidston to wind up his ...
The Kidston Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Kidston Island, located in the Bras d'Or lakes, in Baddeck, Nova Scotia. The original lighthouse on Kidston Island was built in 1875. [ 3 ] The present lighthouse was built in 1912 and the two stood side by side for some time.