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American Industrialist Henry Clay Corson was introduced to Cape Breton by his friend, Alexander Graham Bell. In 1904 Corson built a summer home in hopes of restoring his wife's failing health. He named the home Keltic Lodge, in honor of the area's Scottish heritage. Mrs. Corson's health improved, and she outlived her husband. [3]
Cape Breton Highlands National Park is a Canadian national park on northern Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. [2] The park was the first national park in the Atlantic provinces of Canada [3] and covers an area of 948 square kilometres (366 sq mi). [4] It is one of 42 in Canada's system of national parks.
The west coast of the Highlands meets the Gulf of St. Lawrence in steep cliffs whereas the east coast borders the Atlantic Ocean with a gently-sloping coastal plain, low headlands, and several beaches. In 1936 the federal government established the Cape Breton Highlands National Park covering 950 km 2 across
Consequently, this encouraged the Parks Branch to substantiate a much larger investment into Fundy compared to previous park developments. From 1948 to 1950, the branch dedicated over $2.2 million towards Fundy National Park, compared to the $1.1 million expenditure for the first four years of development for the Cape Breton Highlands National ...
The Lone Shieling is a Scottish-style sheep crofters hut (also known as a bothan or shieling) located in Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Nova Scotia. [1] Built in 1942, it is one of the earliest structures in the park and is a Recognized Federal Heritage Building (ID 4627) due to its historical and architectural significance. [2]
Franey Mountain [2] is located in Victoria County, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, within Cape Breton Highlands National Park. Franey Mountain is part of the Cape Breton Highlands plateau and is located 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) west of Ingonish, Cape Breton Island. [3] The elevation of the mountain is 430 metres (1,410 ft). [1]
White Hill [3] is a peak in the Cape Breton Highlands and is the highest elevation point in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. [4]Located on the plateau 15 kilometres (9 + 1 ⁄ 2 mi) northwest of Ingonish and 33 kilometres (21 mi) northeast of Chéticamp, the peak is situated in the Cape Breton Highlands National Park and is accessible only by hiking.
Located on the Cape Breton Highlands plateau, 25 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of Chéticamp, and 24 kilometres (15 mi) northwest of Ingonish, the peak is situated in the Cape Breton Highlands National Park and is accessible only by hiking. It is a remote, flat hill, rising from a marshy, barren, windswept upland about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi ...