Big Pond is a small Canadian rural community located on the south shore of Bras d'Or Lake in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island. Bras dOr Lake, Nova Scotia. ... Motto: Munit Haec et Altera Vincit (Latin: One defends and the other conquers) Official languages English Capital Halifax Largest city Halifax Lieutenant-Governor Myra Freeman Premier John Hamm (PC) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 11 10 Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 12th 55,283 km² 3. ... Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada Cape Breton Island (French: île du Cap-Breton, Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Cheap Breatuinn, Mikmaq: Unamakika), almost always just Cape Breton, is a large island on the Atlantic coast of North America. ...

Its geographic coordinates are 45º54'35"N, 60º32'10"W.

The community is named after the larger of 2 ponds which are actually enclosed lagoons on the shore of the lake, Big Pond and Open Pond. The Mi'kmaq name for the location was "Naooktaboogooik" which roughly translates to "It stands alone". This mid bay barrier in Narrabeen, a suburb of Sydney (Australia), has blocked what used to be a bay to form a lagoon. ... The Mikmaq (also Míkmaq, Micmac, Migmaq) are a First Nations people indigenous to northeastern New England, Canadas Maritimes, and the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec. ...

Renowned singer-songwriter Rita MacNeil was raised in Big Pond and maintains a tea room and giftshop in the community's former one-room school house. Rita MacNeil (born May 28, 1944 in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian country and folk singer. ...