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485 CHEBUCTO ST
Baddeck,
Nova Scotia
B0E 1B0
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Nova Scotia Tourism Region : Cape Breton Island
Description From Owner:
- Baddeck is the shiretown of Victoria County. The name may derive from the Mi'kmaw words Bedek, Ebedek or Abadak, changed by early French settlers to Bedeque.
- The meaning is believed to be ‘place with an island near,' which fits Baddeck since it faces Kitson Island.
- Historian William Ganong believes the name source may be traced to the Mi'kmaw root 'petek', which means a turn or bend backwards.
- He says the name has 'a broad descriptive sense and alludes to the fact that a reverse turn must be made in order to enter the harbour.' On a 1751 French map the place is shown as La Badecque.
- Until 1851 it was called Little Baddeck. Half-pay naval officer James Duffus from Halifax was the first English settler in 1819 although a land grant had been made in 1790 to Capt. Jonathan Jones. James Anderson began shipbuilding here in 1841.
- With permission from 'Nova Scotia Place Names' David E. Scott 2015
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Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site of Canada at 159 Chebucto St. in Baddeck has exhibits that show how Bell and his associates produced the world's fastest boat, Canada's first powered flight in the Silver Dart, improved the phonograph, invented the telephone and many other inventions.
First flier in the British Empire John Alexander Douglas McCurdy (1886-1961) was the first person to fly an airplane in the British Empire when he piloted the Silver Dart at Baddeck in 1909.
He was born in Baddeck, educated at St. Andrew's College in Aurora, ON, and at the University of Toronto.
In 1910 he was the first Canadian issued a pilot's licence and in 1911 made the first flight from Florida to Cuba.
He was the 19th Lt.-Gov. of Nova Scotia, 1947-52, and established the first aviation school in Canada. Sydney Airport was renamed J. A. Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport in 2009.
Bras d'Or Lakes & Watershed Interpretive Centre.
Six interactive modules in the 1885 Baddeck post office present a bird's-eye view of the ecology of the lakes which are a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Gift shop.
Nova Scotia's Official Welcome
The official welcome to Nova Scotia is "Ciad Mile Failte," pronounced: Key-utme-la falchuh.
The expression is Gaelic for 'One Hundred Thousand Welcomes.' More Gaelic is spoken in Nova Scotia than in Scotland and St. Ann's is the only Gaelic college in North America.
The Antigonish Highland Games are the oldest in North America.
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