Subdivisions
The effect of local topography has resulted in the following major components of Bras d'Or Lake:
Northern Basin
- Great Bras d'Or
- Little Bras d'Or
- St. Andrews Channel
- St. Patricks Channel
- Baddeck Bay
- Nyanza Bay
- Whycocomagh Bay
Southern Basin
- Denys Basin
- St. Peters Inlet
- East Bay
- West Bay
The largest part of the lake measures approximately 25 kilometres across in the southern basin, framed by East Bay and West Bay with Denys Basin to the north and St. Peters Inlet to the south. The Barra Strait is crossed by highway and railway bridges running between the Washabuck Peninsula and the Boisdale Hills.
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