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Geographic locations

• Cape Breton Island
  Cape Breton Island
  
  Cape Breton Island is an island on the Atlantic Ocean coast of North America. It likely corresponds to the French word "Breton", referring to Brittany....
  , a Canadian island on the Atlantic Ocean coast
• Cape Breton Highlands
  Cape Breton Highlands
  
  The Cape Breton Highlands, commonly called the Highlands, refer to a 'highland' or 'plateau' of ancient rock across northern Cape Breton Island, Canada, and is an extension of the Appalachian Mountains....
  , a mountain range in northern Cape Breton Island.
• Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia
  Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia
  
  Cape Breton County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, on Cape Breton Island.Taking its name from Cape Breton, the most easterly point of the island which was called after the Brittanys of Brittany, this municipality has what is probably the oldest surviving European name to have been used to designate part of North Ameri...
  , one of Nova Scotia's geographic counties.

Communities

• Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia
  Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia
  
  Cape Breton Regional Municipality , often shortened to simply CBRM, is a regional municipality in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia....
   (CBRM), a regional municipality in Nova Scotia
  Nova Scotia
  
  Nova Scotia is a Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada located on Canada's southeastern coast. It is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada....
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• Capbreton
  Capbreton
  
  Capbreton is a Communes of France in the Landes Departments of France in Aquitaine in southwestern France....
   is a commune of the Landes département in southwestern France
  France
  
  France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
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Companies

• Cape Breton Development Corporation
  Cape Breton Development Corporation
  
  The Cape Breton Development Corporation, or DEVCO, is a Canada federal government Crown corporation.DEVCO was organized primarily into two divisions: a community economic development organization, and the coal division....
  
• Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation
  Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation
  
  Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation is a Canada federal Crown corporation which promotes and coordinates economic development throughout Cape Breton Island and adjacent areas in the eastern Nova Scotia town of Mulgrave, Nova Scotia....
  

National parks

• Cape Breton Highlands National Park
  Cape Breton Highlands National Park
  
  'Cape Breton Highlands National Park' is located on northern Cape Breton Island in the province of Nova Scotia. One-third of the Cabot Trail passes through the park featuring spectacular ocean and mountain views....
  

Universities

• Cape Breton University
  Cape Breton University
  
  Cape Breton University , formerly the "University College of Cape Breton" , is a Canada university in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, near Sydney, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia....
  

Sports teams

• Cape Breton Breakers
  Cape Breton Breakers
  
  The Cape Breton Breakers were a franchise in the old National Basketball League that began play in 1993, the league's first season. The team played their home games at Centre 200, in Sydney, Nova Scotia, which was also home of the Cape Breton Oilers....
  , former team of the defunct National Basketball League
  National Basketball League (Canada)
  
  The National Basketball League that was based in Canada lasted only one and a half seasons in 1993 in sports and 1994 in sports. It rose from the ashes of the World Basketball League which folded after the 1992 in sports season, which had teams in various Canadian and American cities....
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• Cape Breton Crush, former team of the defunct Canadian Elite Hockey League
  Canadian Elite Hockey League
  
  The Canadian Elite Hockey League was a semi-professional ice hockey league that played one season in 2005-2006. The CEHL was founded by Harold MacKay, a prominent member of the local hockey community....
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• Cape Breton Oilers
  Cape Breton Oilers
  
  The Cape Breton Oilers were an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. The team relocated from Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia in 1988 and was renamed for Cape Breton Island....
  , former team of the American Hockey League
  American Hockey League
  
  The American Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league in North America that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League ....
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• Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
  Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
  
  The Cape Breton Screaming Eagles are a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. They play at Centre 200 in Sydney, Nova Scotia....
  , current team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
  Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
  
  The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. Due to its cumbersome name, the league is often referred to as "The Q."...
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Electoral districts

• Cape Breton (electoral district)
  Cape Breton (electoral district)
  
  Cape Breton was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1904. It was created as part of the British North America Act in 1867....
  
• Cape Breton North and Victoria
  Cape Breton North and Victoria
  
  Cape Breton North and Victoria was a federal electoral district in the provinces and territories of Canada of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1968....
  
• Cape Breton South (federal electoral district)
  Cape Breton South (federal electoral district)
  
  Cape Breton South was a federal electoral district in the provinces and territories of Canada of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1911 and from 1925 to 1968....
  
• Cape Breton South (provincial electoral district)
  Cape Breton South (provincial electoral district)
  
  Cape Breton South is a provincial electoral district in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly....
  
• Cape Breton—Canso
  Cape Breton—Canso
  
  Cape Breton?Canso is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004....
  
• Cape Breton Nova
  Cape Breton Nova
  
  Cape Breton Nova is a provincial electoral district in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly....
  

Political parties

• Cape Breton Labour Party
  Cape Breton Labour Party
  
  The Cape Breton Labour Party was a social democratic provincial political party in Nova Scotia, Canada that advocated separate provincial status for Cape Breton Island, which is the northern part of the Province of Nova Scotia....
  
• Province of Cape Breton

Newspapers

• Cape Breton Post
  Cape Breton Post
  
  The Cape Breton Post is the only daily newspaper published on Cape Breton Island. Based in Sydney, Nova Scotia, it specializes in local coverage of news, events, and sports from communities in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia and the counties of Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Richmond County, Nova Scotia and Victoria Co...
  

Accents

• Cape Breton accent
  Cape Breton accent
  
  The Cape Breton accent describes variants of Canadian English spoken on Cape Breton Island, a large island on the north-eastern coast of the province of Nova Scotia in Canada, comprising about one-fifth of the province's area as well as population....
  

Railways

• Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway
  Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway
  
  The Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway is a 392 km railway operating in Nova Scotia between Sydney, Nova Scotia and Truro, Nova Scotia with spurs at Sydney, Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia/Point Tupper, Nova Scotia, Trenton, Nova Scotia and Stellarton, Nova Scotia....
  

Music

• Cape Breton fiddling
  Cape Breton fiddling
  
  Cape Breton fiddling is a lively regional violin style which falls within the Celtic music idiom. Cape Breton Island's fiddle music was brought to North America by Scotland immigrants during the Highland Clearances....