Cape Breton Island

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Cape Breton Island (French: île du Cap-Breton, Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Cheap Breatuinn, Mi'kmaq: U'namakika), almost always just Cape Breton, is a large island on the Atlantic coast of North America. It is part of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, although physically separated from the peninsular Nova Scotian mainland by the Strait of Canso. The island is located east-northeast of the mainland with its northern and western coasts fronting on the Gulf of St. Lawrence, its western coast also forming the eastern limits of the Northumberland Strait. The eastern and southern coasts front the Atlantic Ocean, its eastern coast also forming the western limits of the Cabot Strait.

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French - Scottish Gaelic - Mi'kmaq - Island - Atlantic - North America - Nova Scotia - Canada - Peninsular - Mainland - Strait of Canso - Coast - Gulf of St. Lawrence - Northumberland Strait - Cabot Strait

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