Big Pond, Nova Scotia

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Big Pond (2001 pop.: 47) is a community in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality.

Located on the south shore of Bras d'Or Lake, the community's coordinates are:

45º54'35"N, 60º32'10"W

The community is named after the larger of 2 ponds which are actually enclosed lagoons on the shore of the lake, Big Pond and Open Pond. The Mi'kmaq name for the location was "Naooktaboogooik" which roughly translates to "It stands alone".

Renowned singer-songwriter Rita MacNeil was raised in Big Pond and maintains a tea room and giftshop in the community's former one-room school house.