Boularderie Island (pronounced "boo-lahr-duh-ree" or "boo-lahr-d'ree") is an island separating the Cabot Strait from Bras d'Or Lake on the eastern coast of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Cabot Strait is a strait in eastern Canada approximately 110 kilometres wide between Cape Ray, Newfoundland Island and Cape North, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. ... Bras dOr Lake, Nova Scotia. ... Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada Cape Breton Island (French: île du Cap-Breton, Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Cheap Breatuinn, Mikmaq: Unamakika), sometimes shortened to just Cape Breton, is a large island on the Atlantic coast of North America. ... Motto: Munit Haec et Altera Vincit (One defends and the other conquers) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Halifax Largest city Halifax Lieutenant Governor Myra A. Freeman Premier John Hamm (PC) Area {{{TotalArea}}} km² (12th)  - Land 53,338 km²  - Water 1,946 km² (3. ...

At 40 km (25 mi) long and between 3 km (2 mi) to 10 km (6 mi) wide, Boularderie Island is Nova Scotia's second largest island after Cape Breton Island. A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer) (symbol: km) is a unit of length equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words khilia = thousand and metro = count/measure). ... A mile is any of several units of distance, or, in physics terminology, of length. ...

Two outlets of Bras d'Or Lake run on each side of the island to the Atlantic Ocean:

• the Great Bras d'Or channel runs along the island's northwestern shore, and
• St. Andrews Channel and the Little Bras d'Or channel run along the island's southeastern shore.

The extreme northeastern end of the island fronts the Atlantic Ocean, whereas the extreme southwestern end fronts the northern basin of Bras d'Or Lake. The majority of the island is heavily forested, however it is encircled by roads. The Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 105 traverses the island diagonally from Bras d'Or in the east to Big Bank in the west. The island hosts a number of farms along its southern and eastern shores. Example of Trans-Canada Highway marker shield. ...

Until 2000, the northern end of the island hosted one of Canada's largest underground coal mines, the Prince Colliery near Point Aconi. In the early 1990s, Nova Scotia Power Corporation built a large coal-fired thermal generating station at Point Aconi which was powered by coal from the Prince Colliery. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wyoming coal mine Coal mining is the mining of coal. ... Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but keeping the same mind-set. ...