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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]
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 laboratories and boatyard were located on the large estate that Dr. Bell acquired in 1885. Dr. Bell bought a large portion of a peninsula that jets out into the Baddeck Bay and named the estate Beinn Bhreagh. The 600-acre estate was originally built as a summer residence, but was later used year-round by the Bell family. [2]
The company was headquartered in Baddeck, Nova Scotia at the Kite House at Bell's Beinn Bhreagh estate. [ 1 ] The Canadian Aerodrome Company manufactured aircraft based on the AEA Silver Dart , producing the Baddeck No. 1 , and the Baddeck No. 2 as well as a separate commissioned design, the Hubbard Monoplane (Hubbard II) before the company was ...