CANADA - Nova Scotia - Pictou
Cap Breton Island- Louisbourg
Cape Breton Island is an island on the Atlantic coast and part of the province of Nova Scotia. The 10,311 km2 (3,981 sq mi) island accounts for 18.7% of Nova Scotia's total area. Although the island is physically separated from the Nova Scotia peninsula by the Strait of Canso, the 1,385 m (4,544 ft) long rock-fill Canso Causeway connects it to mainland Nova Scotia. The island is east-northeast of the mainland with its northern and western coasts fronting on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. One of the world's larger salt water lakes, Bras d'Or ("Arm of Gold" in French), dominates the island's centre.
The French military founded the Fortress of Louisbourg in 1713 and its fortified seaport on the southwest part of the harbour, naming it in honour of Louis XIV. The harbour had been used by European mariners since at least the 1590s. Its fortifications were demolished in 1760 and the town-site abandoned by British forces in 1768. In the 1960s, Parks Canada completed a partial reconstruction of the Fortress.
Louisbourg - the fortress
Louisbourg - Town centre - house
Louisbourg - Town centre - shop
Louisbourg - Town centre - house
Louisbourg - Town centre - house
Louisbourg - Town centre - church
Louisbourg - Town centre - house
Louisbourg - Town centre - houses
Louisbourg - Town centre - shop
Louisbourg - Town centre - houses
Louisbourg - Town centre - shop
blue house
yellow and red house
bay at low tide
forest and lake
river
white church
house
large truck
forest and lake
bridge
bay at low tide
small house perfect for fishing or hunting
yellow house
BEST TIME to VISIT CAP BRETON
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to NOVA SCOTIA
From June to September
Pretty house
lake and forest
houses on lake shore
Gabarus - small harbour
lake and forest
lake and forest
small fishing harbour
lake and forest
Forest
houses on lakeshore
narrow bridge one way
road and forest : an usual landscape
lake and forest
lake and forest
house on lake shore
lake and a village with a church on the shore
church
church
Pictou is the town closed to the ferry for Prince Edward island - church
Pictou is the town closed to the ferry for Prince Edward island - house
Louisbourg Fortress
Louisbourg Fortress
Louisbourg Fortress
Louisbourg - city centre - buildings
House
House
House
Hotel
house
house