Baddeck
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Place details
- Locality
- Baddeck
- Region
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Population
- 818
- Timezone
- America/Halifax
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Baddeck
- Settlement.official_name
- Village of Baddeck
- Settlement.native_name
- Miꞌkmawiꞌsimk: Apatakwitk
- Settlement.other_name
- Scottish Gaelic: Badaig
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- DGJ 4906 - Kidston Island Lighthouse (6448400771).jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- The Kidston Island Lighthouse which also appears on the village seal.
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Baddeck, Nova Scotia
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 275
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Victoria County
- Population
- +818
- Time zone
- Atlantic Time Zone
- Official website
- www.countyvictoria.ns.ca/baddeck.html
- Image
- PhareBaddeck.JPG
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
11 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History
- Geography
- Climate
- Demographics
- Attractions
- Education
- Services
- Gallery
- References
- External links
Baddeck () is a village on Cape Breton Island in northeastern Nova Scotia, Canada. It is situated in the centre of Cape Breton, approximately 6 km east of where the Baddeck River empties into Bras d'Or Lake.
Baddeck is the shire-town of the Municipality of Victoria County, with an elected village commission having limited authority over water, sewer, side streets and some bylaws. The population was 818 in the 2021 Census of Population.