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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".
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 ...
Up until 1851 Baddeck was known as Little Baddeck and it was part of Cape Breton County. [1] [4] William Kidston advocated the separation of Cape Breton County. [1]In 1851 Kidston's advocacy paid off and Victoria County was split off from Cape Breton county and Baddeck became known by its present name. [4]
Uisge Ban Falls Provincial Park is a provincial park near New Glen, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia on Cape Breton Island.Located on the North Branch Road 14.5 kilometres (9.0 mi) north of Baddeck, the civic address of the park entrance is 715 North Branch Road, Baddeck Forks, Nova Scotia, Canada B0E 1B0.
Baddeck NS 46°05′51″N 60°45′21″W / 46.0974°N 60.7559°W / 46.0974; -60.7559 ( Saint Peter's and Saint John's Anglican Nova Scotia ( 13844 )
Both are visible from Baddeck, across Baddeck Bay. More information and pictures of the estate can be found by visiting the Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site, a national park system unit and museum managed by Parks Canada, which contains many objects that were donated to the nation by Bell's descendants.
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.
Uisge Ban Falls (official spelling "Easach Ban" [1] alternative spellings "Uisage"; "Bàn" or "Bahn") [2] is a waterfall near Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada. The falls is located in Uisge Ban Falls Provincial Park [3] near New Glen, Victoria County, 14.5 kilometres (9 miles) north of Baddeck.