St. Peters (Cape Breton Island, B0E 3B0)
1. Barra Head Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
First called Salmon River. The Celtic word barra means 'hilly island and the original Barra is a hilly island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
2. Chapel Island 5 (Doctor, Ghost, Indian, Gregory, Jail and Alick Islands) Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
This is where the Mi'kmaq of the surrounding districts gather each year for the Feast of St. Anne.
3. French Cove Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Settled in the mid to late 1800s and first named McKay's Harbour for early settler James McKay, who came here in 1873.
4. Grande Greve Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
The name is French for 'big bank.' Francis Murphy had the first land grant here in 1787.
5. Hay Cove / McNabs Cove Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Hay Cove: Mi'kmaq called the place Galnotek. Catherine McNeil received the first land grant here in 1836.
6. Irish Cove Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
The Mi'kmaw name was Golhamkilk. The community was named Irish Cove because early settlement before 1817 was carried out by Irish immigrants.
7. Irish Vale Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Irishman Roderick McDonald had the first grant here in 1821.
8. Jacksonville Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
John Jackson was one of the early land grantees in 1866.
9. Johnstown Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
The Mi'kmaw name was Nemtogowak meaning the 'sitting place.' The present name honours parish priest Rev. John McDougall or early settler John McMullen, who came in 1836.
10. Lake Uist Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Named for North or South Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The first settlers in this area in the 1840s were from this area of Scotland.
11. Loch Lomond Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Named for Loch Lomond in Scotland by settlers who arrived in 1827. In 1905 the name was changed by provincial statute to Enott...but the original name remains in use today.
12. Lochside (Cape Breton, Mt. Auburn) Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Donald Morrison was the first land grantee in 1857. By 1904 the community had saw, grist and carding mills.
13. Lynche River Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
14. Mount Auburn Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Donald Morrison had a land grant here in 1847.
15. Red Islands Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
The soil and rock of nearby islands is of a reddish colour and the sun at certain times of the day give them a beautiful red appearance.
16. River Tillard Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Noted in the census of 1752. Edward Bulger and John Power were grantees here in 1857.
17. Roberta Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
First named Cross Roads. Jane MacInnes and Margaret Christy were land grantees here in 1858.
18. Sampsonville Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Lawrence Kavanagh had a Crown lease here in 1815. By 1956 the population was 233.
19. Soldiers Cove Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
At one time the place was called Laugh at the Yankees, a derisive term given by Peninsular War veterans who later fought in the War of 1812 and then settled here.
20. St. Peters Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
It was founded as the Portuguese fishing station San Pedro in 1521. The Aboriginal people called it Baslovaakade, similar to the Mi'kmaw name for Cape Traverse in PEI, which was Buslooakade, ‘to travel by water’ ‘or the landing place.
21. The Points West Bay Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
James Pringle was the first grantee here, in 1851. By 1904 the settlement had saw, grist and carding mills.
  22. Battery Provincial Park Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  23. Cape George, Bras d'Or Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  24. Carters Cove Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  25. Head of Loch Lomond Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  26. Irish Cove Nature Reserve Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  27. Loch Lomond West Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  28. MacNabs Cove Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  29. Oban Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  30. Oceanview Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  31. Soldiers Cove West Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  32. St. Peters Junction Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  33. Camerons Mountain (River Bourgeois, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
34. Cannes (River Bourgeois, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Named for the French seaport and settled about 1795.
  35. Hawker (River Bourgeois, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
36. River Bourgeois (River Bourgeois, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The passage separates Isle Madame from Cape Breton Island. The name recalls Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of Richmond and Lennox (1735-1806). He was secretary of state in the British cabinet.
37. Seaview (River Bourgeois, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
First called Sporting Mountain but renamed by provincial statute in 1890. Peter Landris had a land grant here in 1805.
  38. South Side River Bourgeois (River Bourgeois, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  39. Sporting Mountain (River Bourgeois, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
40. Thibeauville (River Bourgeois, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Jacob Thibeau settled here in 1836.