- Located on the northern shore of the Bras d’Or Lakes, North America’s largest inland sea, in the county of Victoria on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Population in 2006 was 2,152
- The name Baddeck comes from a Mi’kmaq term ‘Abadek’, meaning ‘place with an island near’. That would refer to the island just offshore now named Kidston Island
- Back in 1874 Baddeck became famous with the publication of the book, ‘Baddeck and that Sort of Thing’ written by Charles Dudley Warner, an associate of Mark Twain.
Climate
| [hide]Climate data for Baddeck | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17 (63) |
12.2 (54.0) |
17 (63) |
25.6 (78.1) |
30.6 (87.1) |
33.9 (93.0) |
35 (95) |
36.7 (98.1) |
32 (90) |
28.9 (84.0) |
22.8 (73.0) |
17.2 (63.0) |
36.7 (98) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −1.2 (29.8) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
2.2 (36.0) |
7.1 (44.8) |
13.7 (56.7) |
19.1 (66.4) |
22.9 (73.2) |
23 (73) |
18.9 (66.0) |
12.7 (54.9) |
7.1 (44.8) |
1.8 (35.2) |
10.5 (50.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −9.4 (15.1) |
−10.7 (12.7) |
−6.6 (20.1) |
−1 (30) |
3.9 (39.0) |
8.8 (47.8) |
13.3 (55.9) |
13.7 (56.7) |
9.8 (49.6) |
4.6 (40.3) |
0.4 (32.7) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
1.8 (35.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −29 (−20) |
−32.2 (−26.0) |
−31.1 (−24.0) |
−15.6 (3.9) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−14 (7) |
−22.2 (−8.0) |
−32.2 (−26) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 148 (5.83) |
119.1 (4.689) |
124 (4.88) |
114.5 (4.508) |
104.9 (4.13) |
104 (4.09) |
95.6 (3.764) |
106.3 (4.185) |
116.4 (4.583) |
141.1 (5.555) |
154.5 (6.083) |
172.2 (6.78) |
1,500.9 (59.091) |
| Source: Environment Canada[10] | |||||||||||||
