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BOUNDARIES OF THE PARK
ОглавлениеCape Breton Island, on the northeastern end of Nova Scotia, consists of two parts which are separated by the deeply indented salt-water lake called ‘Bras d’Or’. The park is near the northern tip of the northwestern part of the island. It extends in a belt, about 14 miles wide, from the Gulf of St. Lawrence on the west, across to the open Atlantic on the east. From the entrance at Ingonish an irregular surveyed line forms the boundary westward to Cheticamp and the western entrance. Northward from Ingonish the boundary skirts Middle Head, the peninsula on which Keltic Lodge is situated, makes a sweep inland to exclude the settled area of Ingonish proper, then follows the coastline from Broad Cove to Neil Harbour.
From here it follows the main highway to the south side of Aspy River valley where it extends along a surveyed line in a more or less easterly direction to the shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence just west of Pleasant Bay village. At this point the boundary turns southward along the rugged coast to the mouth of Cheticamp River. Cape Breton Highlands is by far the largest National Park in eastern Canada.