Cape North (Nova Scotia)

Cape North is a headland at the northeastern end of Cape Breton Island. It is in the jurisdiction of the Municipality of the County of Victoria, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Cape North contains the landforms Pollett's Cove, Wilkie Sugar Loaf and the Aspy Fault and the unincorporated areas of South Harbour, and Dingwall.

The Miꞌkmaq called it Uktutuncok, meaning "Highest Mountain".^[1]

Cape North is claimed to have been the "prema tiera vista" or first land^[2] seen by explorer John Cabot. Despite the ongoing dispute, the event is commemorated by Cabots Landing Provincial Park.

Cape North Lighthouse was built in 1874, and a fog alarm added in 1906. It was destaffed in 1989, and replaced with a modern beacon in 2010.^[3]

^ Patterson, G.G. (1885). History of Victoria County. College of Cape Breton Press. ISBN 0-920336-02-7.
^ "Cape Breton Landfall Argument", Cabot's 1497 Voyage, Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Web Site Project, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1997, accessed August 8, 2011.
^ "Cape North Lighthouse". LighthouseFriends. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

[patterson-1] Patterson, G.G. (1885). History of Victoria County. College of Cape Breton Press. ISBN 0-920336-02-7.

[2] "Cape Breton Landfall Argument", Cabot's 1497 Voyage, Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Web Site Project, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1997, accessed August 8, 2011.

[lighthousefriends-3] "Cape North Lighthouse". LighthouseFriends. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

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