Wilkie Sugar Loaf

Wilkie Sugar Loaf
Highest point
Elevation411.8 m (1,351 ft)[1][2]
Prominence220 m (720 ft)[3]
Coordinates46°57′19″N 60°28′21″W / 46.95528°N 60.47250°W / 46.95528; -60.47250
Naming
Etymologyfamily name of pioneer settlers + pyramidal shape of mountain
Native nameSqua-dichk (Mi'kmaq)[4]
Geography
Wilkie Sugar Loaf is located in Nova Scotia
Wilkie Sugar Loaf
Wilkie Sugar Loaf
Parent rangeCape Breton Highlands
Topo mapNTS 11K16 Dingwall
Climbing
Easiest routeHike

Wilkie Sugar Loaf is a Canadian peak in the Cape Breton Highlands near the community of Sugar Loaf in the province of Nova Scotia.[5]

  1. ^ "Geology - Dingwall- Cape Breton Island". Geological Survey of Canada. 1963. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
  2. ^ Patterson, George Geddie (1978) [First published 1885]. "Chapter 13, FIRST SETTLERS AT ASPY BAY AND OTHER PLACES TO THE NORTH". Patterson's history of Victoria County, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia: With related papers (Hardcover). Sydney, NS: College of Cape Breton Press. p. 124. ISBN 978-0920336021.
  3. ^ "Bivouac.com entry for "Wilkie Sugar Loaf Nova Scotia #31846"". Bivouac.com. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
  4. ^ "Place-names of the province of Nova Scotia (1922), by Thomas J Brown". Royal Print & Litho., Halifax, N.S. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
  5. ^ "Wilkie Sugar Loaf". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.