Excellent video. Love the explanation of each and every detail. I live in Sydney, and enjoy all your videos. It’s wonderful to see our beautiful island like it has never been shown before . A proud Cape Bretoner , 🙌🏽 🙌🏽 🙌🏽 👍 👍 👍 👍 ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️❤️ ❤️
COOL monumental task of visiting all the beaches on cape breton theres so many nice swim spots places to have a picnic or go for a walk if you just stop at you see driving along the roads around the island
Me and my kids and friends of their and go often until we see Leech's or it's closed due to bacteria which I hear about the Dominion beach(ocean tidal waters) has bacteria This year 🙄 but not the stagnant Lake that it happens to yearly🤔 lol
Locals call Dalem Lake Round Lake. My family used to live in George’s River, across from Groves Point, overlooking the lake. We were out boating one summer day, and watched a deer swim across from the Groves Point side. It was quite beautiful. Another time, during a cold winter which had frozen over the lake, we watched at least 15 bald eagles eating something on the ice. At the time, they were supposed to be almost extinct. It was great to see so many of them in one spot.
Thank you for watching the video! As well, thank you for sharing your deer and eagle observations. ❤️ sightings like these make for incredible memories.
So, its something that people argue about, but its actually technically both an estuary and an inland sea. Well, parts of it anyway. The reason it qualifies as an inland sea is because it has multiple access points to the ocean. Both the river you cross in big bra d'or and the seal island bridge are two of the three access ways to the ocean, and the seal island bridge area is just straight sea water. So the area around big Bra d'or is an estuary, but the 'lake' as a whole is a sea. It's not even the only misnomer, since Cape Breton Island isn't an island, but a collection of islands. Also, worth noting, there's a second swim area at Groves Point. If you follow the dirt road further down there's a few loops for parking at the fields, and you can park at the top of the second swim area further down. It is rockier there though.
You’re right, it is definitely a topic of debate. Now that I think of it, I also recall reading that it could be considered a gulf. Whatever we call it, it’s beautiful :)
Thank you for this. As a backpacking guide in Cape Breton for over 30 years, I am enjoying and learning from your videos. . . . I have to mention that locally going back to the 70's (and prior to my generation) I have always heard it called the "Bras d'Or Lakes" (plural). The Idea was that it was all "Bras d'Or", with many divided smaller lakes/bays in it's composition. This has to be recognized, as many words have been slightly changed in the local culture. And the fact that this is what it was called for at least a hundred years also needs to be recognized as well. It would also be nice to know the translation of "Labrador". Does the "la-bra-dor" in it also mean "arm of gold" in Spanish, or something completely different ? Because it seams like "Labrador" and "Bras d"Or" still mean the same thing in either language ("the arm of gold" vs "arm of gold"). A perfect example of this is in the pronunciation of Dalem Lake in a comment below. If the maps or government say one way to pronounce it, and the locals pronounce it a different way (*and have for over 100 years) , then it is the local way that supersedes. Unless one wishes to offend the people who live there. I try to pronounce a family name the same way the family pronounces their name is another example. Something to think about. take care .:)
And here is one example (one of many) of a local book called the Bras d'Or Lakes (plural) > The Bras d’Or Lakes - Cape Breton’s Inland Sea by Wally Ellison This is the fourth book in a series written about the geography of Cape Breton. These books came out of personal interest and observation in that not much was being written about the land of Cape Breton.
Thank you for watching and your thoughtful comment. Regarding the word/name “Labrador” - I’ve read multiple places on the internet saying Labrador and Lac Labrador were named after João Fernandes Lavrador, a Portuguese explorer. I’m not sure if this is the consensus among historians, but I did not find any alternative theories during my research.
@@CapeBretonBeachLife Wow . . . I have never heard this before. "Bras d'Or" came from "Labrador", and did not mean "arm of gold". This is somewhat seismic in scale. Going to have fun conversations at Christmas with this. Not to mention all of the tourism media text that has to be changed. Thank you for the new info. take care .:)
Excellent video. Love the explanation of each and every detail. I live in Sydney, and enjoy all your videos. It’s wonderful to see our beautiful island like it has never been shown before .
A proud Cape Bretoner , 🙌🏽 🙌🏽 🙌🏽 👍 👍 👍 👍 ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️❤️ ❤️
Oh lovely comment! Thank you for watching and following along ❤️❤️
Loved the video and lesson on the history of the Bras d"Or lake(s). Fascinating.
Hi Wayne, Glad you loved it and enjoyed the history!
So much more informative, thank you for the insight 😊
Thank you so much!
Loving your content.....Thank you for sharing 🤗
Thanks for the kind comment and thanks for watching!
Beautiful video. Thanks for sharing. 👍14
Thank you Khurshids!
Great vid. interesting history I swim there and Battlemans Beach as much as i can during the summer
Thank you for the comment, I have a video for Battlemans too :) They are both nice spots, maybe not today though :)
COOL monumental task of visiting all the beaches on cape breton theres so many nice swim spots places to have a picnic or go for a walk if you just stop at you see driving along the roads around the island
I discovered this area in the 1990s while showing my Polish wife around the island. My wife loved it!!
Yes, it’s very nice!
Said Day lem lake we locals call it round Lake because well it a perfect round Lake lol. Awesome video💜
Thank you! Day-lem Lake, got it :)
@@CapeBretonBeachLife yeah You got it!! Or as we call it Round Lake lol easier to remember a round Lake haha
Great info 😊. C U soon.
Thank you! And thanks for watching!
can't wait to be back, this time for good. felt like home first time I visited.
So nice to hear. Thanks for watching!
My favorite spot is at the first Beach up on the hill looking down at the water
It's beautiful, thanks for watch :)
@@CapeBretonBeachLife no problem, nice to see local content 💜
Me and my kids and friends of their and go often until we see Leech's or it's closed due to bacteria which I hear about the Dominion beach(ocean tidal waters) has bacteria This year 🙄 but not the stagnant Lake that it happens to yearly🤔 lol
Locals call Dalem Lake Round Lake. My family used to live in George’s River, across from Groves Point, overlooking the lake. We were out boating one summer day, and watched a deer swim across from the Groves Point side. It was quite beautiful.
Another time, during a cold winter which had frozen over the lake, we watched at least 15 bald eagles eating something on the ice. At the time, they were supposed to be almost extinct. It was great to see so many of them in one spot.
Easier to get the pronunciation right lol - Round Lake :)
@@CapeBretonBeachLifeThank you for your channel.
Thank you for watching the video! As well, thank you for sharing your deer and eagle observations. ❤️ sightings like these make for incredible memories.
So, its something that people argue about, but its actually technically both an estuary and an inland sea. Well, parts of it anyway. The reason it qualifies as an inland sea is because it has multiple access points to the ocean. Both the river you cross in big bra d'or and the seal island bridge are two of the three access ways to the ocean, and the seal island bridge area is just straight sea water. So the area around big Bra d'or is an estuary, but the 'lake' as a whole is a sea.
It's not even the only misnomer, since Cape Breton Island isn't an island, but a collection of islands.
Also, worth noting, there's a second swim area at Groves Point. If you follow the dirt road further down there's a few loops for parking at the fields, and you can park at the top of the second swim area further down. It is rockier there though.
You’re right, it is definitely a topic of debate. Now that I think of it, I also recall reading that it could be considered a gulf. Whatever we call it, it’s beautiful :)
Thank you for this. As a backpacking guide in Cape Breton for over 30 years, I am enjoying and learning from your videos.
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I have to mention that locally going back to the 70's (and prior to my generation) I have always heard it called the "Bras d'Or Lakes" (plural). The Idea was that it was all "Bras d'Or", with many divided smaller lakes/bays in it's composition. This has to be recognized, as many words have been slightly changed in the local culture. And the fact that this is what it was called for at least a hundred years also needs to be recognized as well. It would also be nice to know the translation of "Labrador". Does the "la-bra-dor" in it also mean "arm of gold" in Spanish, or something completely different ? Because it seams like "Labrador" and "Bras d"Or" still mean the same thing in either language ("the arm of gold" vs "arm of gold"). A perfect example of this is in the pronunciation of Dalem Lake in a comment below. If the maps or government say one way to pronounce it, and the locals pronounce it a different way (*and have for over 100 years) , then it is the local way that supersedes. Unless one wishes to offend the people who live there. I try to pronounce a family name the same way the family pronounces their name is another example. Something to think about. take care .:)
And here is one example (one of many) of a local book called the Bras d'Or Lakes (plural) > The Bras d’Or Lakes - Cape Breton’s Inland Sea by Wally Ellison This is the fourth book in a series written about the geography of Cape Breton. These books came out of personal interest and observation in that not much was being written about the land of Cape Breton.
Thank you for watching and your thoughtful comment. Regarding the word/name “Labrador” - I’ve read multiple places on the internet saying Labrador and Lac Labrador were named after João Fernandes Lavrador, a Portuguese explorer. I’m not sure if this is the consensus among historians, but I did not find any alternative theories during my research.
@@CapeBretonBeachLife Wow . . . I have never heard this before. "Bras d'Or" came from "Labrador", and did not mean "arm of gold". This is somewhat seismic in scale. Going to have fun conversations at Christmas with this. Not to mention all of the tourism media text that has to be changed. Thank you for the new info. take care .:)