Iona, Nova Scotia

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Iona
Unincorporated community
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Iona
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Iona
Iona (Canada)
Coordinates: 45°57′45″N60°48′17″W / 45.96250°N 60.80472°W / 45.96250; -60.80472 Coordinates: 45°57′45″N60°48′17″W / 45.96250°N 60.80472°W / 45.96250; -60.80472
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia
County municipality Victoria County
Time zone UTC-4 (AST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-3 (ADT)
Forward sortation area
B2C
Area code(s) 902 and 782
NTS Map011/F15
GNBC CodeCARNE

Iona (Scottish Gaelic : Sanndraigh) is an unincorporated place in the Municipality of the County of Victoria, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is named after Iona in Scotland. It is at the western end of the Barra Strait Bridge, opposite Grand Narrows.

Iona was settled by Gaelic speaking immigrants from the Isle of Barra in 1802. It is the site of Highland Village Museum (An Clachan Gàidhealach) and the Rankin School of the Narrows.

A view of Iona in the early 1900s. St.Columba Church to the left, the Grand Narrows Bridge over the Barra Strait in the background. Iona3.JPG
A view of Iona in the early 1900s. St.Columba Church to the left, the Grand Narrows Bridge over the Barra Strait in the background.


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