St. Margaret Village (Cape Breton Island, B0C 1R0)
1. Bay St. Lawrence Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
On his second voyage to the New World in 1534-35, Jacques Cartier explored the N tip of Cape Breton Island, naming Cap de Lorraine and Cap de Saint Paul. Cap de Lorraine was later renamed Cape St. Lawrence and Cap de Saint Paul was renamed Cape North.
2. Black Point, Saint Margaret Village Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Thomas Kavanaugh had the first land grant here in 1857.
3. Capstick Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
William Capstick was among the first land grantees in 1843.
4. Meat Cove Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Angus McDonald had the first land grant here in 1874. The place was named for great numbers of moose and caribou.
5. St. Margaret Village Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Ann Whitby was the first settler in 1858.
6. Sugar Loaf Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
The Mi'kmaq called the place Squadi-chk, 'the highest point.' James Wilkie, Jr. Settled here in 1852.
  7. Bay Road Valley Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  8. Cabot's Landing Provincial Park Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
9. Aspy Bay / North Harbour / Sunset Cape North (Dingwall, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
First named Havre D'Aspe or D'Achepe. Some historians claim Basque sailors named it Pic d'Aspe after a mountain in the Pyrenees of northern Spain. Still others claim the name is from the Mi'kmaw word 'apago,' meaning codfish.
10. Big Intervale Cape North (Dingwall, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Alex McDonald settled here in 1836.
11. Cape North (The Cabot Trail) (Dingwall, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Some historians believe Cape North was John Cabot's first landfall and on some maps it is shown as Prima Vista. First Nations peoples called the place Uktutunook, meaning 'land's end.'
12. Dingwall (Dingwall, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The place was first called Youngs Cove for 1827 land grantee Walter Young. In 1883 the name was changed by an act of the Nova Scotia legislature to Dingwall after the first postmaster, Robert Dingwall.
  13. Middle Harbour Beach (Dingwall, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  14. North Harbour Beach (Dingwall, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  15. Polletts Cove - Aspy Fault Wilderness Area (Dingwall, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  16. South Harbour (Dingwall, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  17. South Harbour Beach (Dingwall, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
18. Sunrise (Dingwall, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Named for the exceptional beauty of sunrises here. Angus McDonald had a grant here in 1851.