Passchendaele, Nova Scotia

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Passchendaele is a community that is part of the former town of Glace Bay in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island .

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Coordinates: 46°10′53.38″N59°57′47.55″W / 46.1814944°N 59.9632083°W / 46.1814944; -59.9632083 (Passchendaele, Nova Scotia)