Wilkie Sugar Loaf

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Wilkie Sugar Loaf
Wilkie Sugar Loaf Mountain, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.jpg
Highest point
Elevation 411.8 m (1,351 ft) [1] [2]
Prominence 220 m (720 ft) [3]
Coordinates 46°57′19″N60°28′21″W / 46.95528°N 60.47250°W / 46.95528; -60.47250 Coordinates: 46°57′19″N60°28′21″W / 46.95528°N 60.47250°W / 46.95528; -60.47250
Naming
Etymology family name of pioneer settlers + pyramidal shape of mountain
Native nameSqua-dichk (Mi'kmaq) [4]
Geography
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Wilkie Sugar Loaf
Parent range Cape Breton Highlands
Topo map NTS 11K16 Dingwall
Climbing
Easiest route Hike

Wilkie Sugar Loaf is a Canadian peak in the Cape Breton Highlands near the community of Sugar Loaf in the province of Nova Scotia. [5]

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Description

Wilkie Sugar Loaf Mountain, seen from the entrance to Dingwall Harbour in Aspy Bay Wilkie Sugar Loaf Mountain in Victoria County, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.JPG
Wilkie Sugar Loaf Mountain, seen from the entrance to Dingwall Harbour in Aspy Bay

Wilkie Sugar Loaf is a forested pyramidal peak rising from the shore of Aspy Bay, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of the Cabot Trail. There are few stand-alone mountaintops in Nova Scotia, but one of these is Wilkie Sugar Loaf, climbing to more than 400 metres/yards above sea level in less than 1.5 kilometers (0.9 mi). This peak belongs to the North Mountain range of hills bordering the Aspy Fault, but has been separated from the rest of the ridge by the deep ravines cut by Wilkie Brook and Polly Brook. [6]

The name

Wilkie Sugar Loaf has been the official name for this mountain since April 21, 1936. [5] The mountain's name is a combination of both "Wilkie," the family name of a pioneer family in who settled in the area in 1820, [7] James Wilkie Jr. was an original land grant recipient in the area in 1852, [8] and "Sugar Loaf", a descriptive name for the mountain's distinct pyramidal shape, which suggests a "sugarloaf". The name Wilkie Sugar Loaf was already in common use in official publications such as Admiralty Charts [9] and Sailing Directions by 1860. [10] The Mi'kmaq name for the mountain was "Squa-dichk," meaning "the highest point." [8] [4]

Triangulation station

A Natural Resources Canada Geodetic Survey Division Station, Unique Number (Station Number): 23107, [11] Station Name "SUGAR LOAF 19659", is located near the summit, consisting of a copper bolt sunk about 1 inch in a standard concrete monument. The remains of an astronomic pier lie about 3 m (9.8 ft) away to the east. In the late 1960s there was a 6 m (20 ft) tall wooden tower on the summit, located over the survey station. [12] While the station can still be found, there are no remains of the tower.

The trail

Access to the summit is possible by hiking the Wilkie Sugar Loaf trail which leads from a trailhead on the west side of the Bay St Lawrence Road, 1.15 kilometres (0.71 mi) north of the entrance of Cabots Landing Provincial Park, to the peak of the mountain, offering views from two mountain top look-offs. One look-off faces toward the Aspy Fault plateau and Aspy Fault including the plateau of the national park in the distance to the south-west as well as the beach at Cabots Landing, Aspy Harbour and the villages of Cape North and Dingwall to the south and east. The second look-off presents a view of the hills to the north and to Bay St. Lawrence and the Gulf of St. Lawrence beyond. On a very clear day it is possible to see all the way to Newfoundland.

Wilkie Sugar Loaf South Lookoff.JPG
The Cape Breton Highlands, looking south toward Sams Mountain from the Wilkie Sugar Loaf trail South Lookoff. Aspy Bay's North, Middle & South Harbours, and the Aspy Fault off to the left, Zwicker Brook dividing the peaks centre, and the White Brook valley to the right.

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References

  1. ↑ "Geology - Dingwall- Cape Breton Island". Geological Survey of Canada. 1963. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  2. ↑ Patterson, George Geddie (1978) [First published 1885]. "Chapter 13, FIRST SETTLERS AT ASPY BAY AND OTHER PLACES TO THE NORTH". Patterson's history of Victoria County, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia: With related papers (Hardcover). Sydney, NS: College of Cape Breton Press. p.  124. ISBN   978-0920336021.
  3. ↑ "Bivouac.com entry for "Wilkie Sugar Loaf Nova Scotia #31846"". Bivouac.com. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
  4. 1 2 "Place-names of the province of Nova Scotia (1922), by Thomas J Brown". Royal Print & Litho., Halifax, N.S. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
  5. 1 2 "Wilkie Sugar Loaf". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada.
  6. ↑ Haynes, Michael (July 13, 2012). "Cape Breton Highlands Region". Hiking Trails of Cape Breton (2nd Edition) (Paperback). Fredericton, New Brunswick: Goose Lane Editions. p. 119. ISBN   978-0864926708.
  7. ↑ Patterson, George Geddie (1978) [First published 1885]. "Chapter 13, FIRST SETTLERS AT ASPY BAY AND OTHER PLACES TO THE NORTH". Patterson's history of Victoria County, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia: With related papers (Hardcover). Sydney, NS: College of Cape Breton Press. p.  61. ISBN   978-0920336021.
  8. 1 2 "Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia (1967)". Public Archives of Nova Scotia. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "The Gulf of St. Lawrence, Sheet X, Cape Breton Island (1860)". Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
  10. ↑ "ST. LAWRENCE PILOT, COMPRISING SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR THE GULF AND RIVER, Vol. II (1860)". Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
  11. ↑ Canadian Spatial Reference System Online Database, Natural Resources Canada, retrieved 2014-09-06
  12. ↑ SUGAR LOAF 19659 (PDF), GeoNova (Province of Nova Scotia), retrieved 2014-09-01
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