The Marconi Trail is a scenic roadway in the

Canadian Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ...

province of

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, located on its east coast. It is one of the three Maritime Canada, Maritime provinces and Population of Canada by province and territory, most populous province in Atlan ...

. Located in eastern

Cape Breton Island Cape Breton Island (, formerly '; or '; ) is a rugged and irregularly shaped island on the Atlantic coast of North America and part of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The island accounts for 18.7% of Nova Scotia's total area. Although ...

, the route is entirely within the

Cape Breton Regional Municipality Cape Breton Regional Municipality (often referred to as simply "CBRM") is the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Nova Scotia's second largest municipality and the economic heart of Cape Breton Island. As of 2021 the municipa ...

and runs from

Louisbourg Louisbourg is an unincorporated community and former town in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. History The harbour had been used by European mariners since at least the 1590s, when it was known as English Port and Havre à l'An ...

Glace Bay Glace Bay (Scottish Gaelic: ''Glasbaidh'') is a community in the eastern part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada. It forms part of the general area referred to as Industrial Cape Breton. Formerly an incorporated ...

along the island's eastern coast. The Glace Bay terminus is at the Marconi National Historic Site, which marks the location of the first radio transmission from North America to Europe, made by

Guglielmo Marconi Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, 1st Marquess of Marconi ( ; ; 25 April 1874 – 20 July 1937) was an Italian electrical engineer, inventor, and politician known for his creation of a practical radio wave-based Wireless telegraphy, wireless tel ...

in 1902. The Marconi Trail measures approximately in length.

Mira Gut Bridge

Macroni Trail crossed the Mira River along Mira Bay Drive at the community of Mira Gut along the 140-year-old ''Mira Gut Bridge''. In 2017, the structure was demolished after it was deemed unsafe. A replacement bridge opened on schedule in 2022, ending a detour along Brickyard Road and Hornes Road ( Route 255) that crossed the Mira River along Trunk 22 at Albert Bridge.

Highways

Numbered

* Route 255

Named Roads

* Louisbourg Main-à-Dieu Road * Main-à-Dieu Road * Mira Bay Drive * Long Beach Road * Donkin Highway

Communities

* Little Lorraine *

Main-à-Dieu Main-à-Dieu (population 242) is a community located in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Regional Municipality. It is the most easterly community in Nova Scotia. Main-à-Dieu has a rich history tied to both its French origins and its role in the regio ...

* Bateston * Catalone Gut * Mira Gut * Round Island * Homeville * Black Brook *

Port Morien Port Morien (also referred to as "Morien") is a small fishing community of 700 people in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the southeastern Cape Breton Island near the rural community Donkin, and six miles from the town of Glace B ...

* Donkin * Port Caledonia *

References

{{NS Roads and Highways Guglielmo Marconi Scenic travelways in Nova Scotia Roads in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality