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Bras d'Or, NS (Nearby: Florence, Alder Point, North Sydney, Sydney Mines, Sydney)

110 BRAS D'OR FLORENCE RD
Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia
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Nova Scotia Tourism Region : Cape Breton Island

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In 1671 historian Nicolas Denys (1598-1688) described the lake: 'That which is called labrador is a stretch of the sea cutting in half the island of Cape Breton.'
The present French name translates as 'Golden Arm.'In 1521 Portuguese explorer Joaom Alvarez Fagundes called a large part of this area Labrador. The Mi'kmaw name was Banoskek, deep cutting.
'Little' refers to its being the more narrow of two passages leading to the lakes. By 1752 there were five French families numbering 65 people living here.
By 1828 descendants of the original French settlers had formed a sizeable community at the lower end of Little Bras d'Or Lake, called French Village. See also Bras d'Or.
With permission from 'Nova Scotia Place Names' David E. Scott 2015

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Nearby:	Bras D'or (Lake), 0km Christies Beach, 2km Florence, 2km Little Bras d'Or South Side / Sullivans Point, 3km Mill Creek (Bras D'or), 3km Little Pond, 3km Alder Point, 4km Florence Beach, 3km Gannon Road, 4km Georges River / Watson, 5km Groves Point, 4km Big Pond Beach, 4km Millville (Bras D'or), 4km North Sydney, 6km McCreadyville, 6km Sydney Mines, 5km Groves Point Provincial Park, 5km	Centreville, Sydney, 6km Point Aconi, 8km Upper North Sydney / Pottle(s) Lake, 8km Johnson Lake Nature Reserve, 8km Mill Pond, 8km Leitches Creek Station, 10km Hillside Boularderie, 7km Point Edward, 10km South Bar, 9km Balls Creek, 12km Scotch Lake, 10km North West Arm, 12km Long Island Main, 10km Edwardsville, 12km Leitches Creek, 12km Victoria Mines, 9km Black Rock, Big Bras d'Or, 10km	New Dominion, 9km Jefferson, 14km Dalem Lake, 10km Petersfield Provincial Park, 13km Big Bras d'Or, 10km Dalem Lake Provincial Park, 10km Rear Balls Creek, 14km Westmount, 14km Whitney Pier / Muggah Creek, 13km Sydney 28A, 13km Black Brook, Big Bras d'Or, 12km Beechmont North, 16km Sydney, 15km Gibbon, 16km Cape Dauphin / Fairy Hole, 13km New Campbellton, 12km