Albert Bridge (Cape Breton Island, B1K 2P0)
1. Albert Bridge Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
The bridge and place were named in honour of Albert, Prince Consort, who married Queen Victoria in 1840.
2. Catalone Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
The place was first called Barachois de Catalogne, after Capt. Gédéon de Catalogne (1662-1729), a major landholder in the area. He was a soldier and engineer and was associated with the Comte de Saint-Pierre, proprietor of Ile Saint-Jean 1720-23.
3. Hornes Road Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Named for Simeon Horne, who settled here in 1802.
4. Mira Gut / Mira Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
The Mira River divides the settlement into Grand Mira North on the W side of the River and Grand Mira South on the E side.
  5. Brickyard Road Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  6. Catalone Gut Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  7. Catalone Gut Beach Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  8. Front Lake Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  9. Hills Road Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  10. Mira River Provincial Park Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  11. New Boston Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  12. Sangaree Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
13. Baleine (Louisbourg, 13km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Port de la Baleine 'Port of the Whale' figured prominently in the early history of this region because of its strategic position near Cape Breton's eastern most tip.
  14. Baleine Nature Reserve (Louisbourg, 13km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
15. Bateston (Louisbourg, 13km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Paul Buckley was living here in 1803, but the place is named for the Bates family.
16. Big Lorraine (Louisbourg, 13km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Big Lorraine and Little Loraine are about 6 km apart. The first name for the area was Lorembec, but by 1750 the places were named Cap du Grand Lorembec and Port de Petit Lorembec.
  17. Catalone Road (Louisbourg, 13km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  18. Havenside (Louisbourg, 13km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  19. Little Lorraine (Louisbourg, 13km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
20. Louisbourg (Louisbourg, 13km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The seaport was first known as Havre à l'Anglais. In 1713 the French chose the place as the site for a major military base but in 1745 the fortress was captured by a force of New Englanders supported by a squadron of the British Royal Navy.
21. Louisbourg Road / Louisburg West (Louisbourg, 13km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Louisburg Road: In 1802 James Young from Kilkenny, Ireland, sought and received a land grant for Nicholas Farm about 6 km from Louisbourg on the road to Sydney.
  22. Louisburg National Park Game Sanctuary (Louisbourg, 13km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
23. Main-à-Dieu (Louisbourg, 13km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The name translates from the French as 'the hand of God,' but ironically that name derived from the First Nations peoples' words Mendoo or Mundoo for the Devil or 'the spirit of evil.'
24. Main-à-Dieu Beach / Portnova Islands (Louisbourg, 13km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
25. Scatarie Island (Louisbourg, 13km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The roughly triangular island nicknamed 'Little Cape Breton' has always been a threat to navigation. Research has confirmed the Basque origin of the name, Escatarai being a common Basque noun to describe a steep coast or line of cliffs.
  26. Scatarie Island Wilderness Area (Louisbourg, 13km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  27. Scatarie Island Wildlife Management Area (Louisbourg, 13km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  28. The Stillwaters Wilderness Area (Louisbourg, 13km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
29. Wolfes Landing / Kennington Cove (Louisbourg, 13km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
30. Big Ridge (Marion Bridge, 12km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The name, given before 1872, is descriptive. Settlement here began in the mid-1800s.
  31. Big Ridge South (Marion Bridge, 12km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
32. Campbelldale (Marion Bridge, 12km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Named for early settlers. Malcolm McLean received a land grant here in 1864.
33. Caribou Marsh (Marion Bridge, 12km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Natives called the place Kalebooakade, 'caribou place.'
  34. Caribou Marsh 29 (Marion Bridge, 12km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  35. Hillsdale Road (Marion Bridge, 12km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
36. Hillside (Sydney) (Marion Bridge, 12km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The name is descriptive. In 1803 a large land grant was made to Hon. William Despard, but settlement did not begin until some years later. In the 1870s the Hill family had a shingle sawmill here.
37. Huntington (Marion Bridge, 12km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Named for the Huntington family. Caleb Huntington came here from the US in 1807 and bought land on the side of Morien Bay, later settling on the Mira River.
  38. Juniper Mountain (Marion Bridge, 12km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
39. Marion Bridge (Marion Bridge, 12km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The place is said to have been named for the builder of the bridge. The first settlers came from North Uist, Scotland, between 1824 and 1834.
  40. Marion Bridge Road (Marion Bridge, 12km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review