I'll add my 2 cents to the discussion on the Bras D'or It seems like most place names around here they were named because of the water passages. Boularderie Island has water channels on either side. Big Bras D'or is the wide one and therefore the name, as the big entrance into the Bras D'or lakes The Seal island Bridge now spans this channel which was once serviced by Ross Ferry As you drive along the South side of Boularderie,you go through Hillside Boularderie, Boularderie West, Kempt Head and to the Seal island Bridge. On the other side of the Trans Canada, the commnity on the north side of the bridge carries the name Big Bras D'or. The other side of Boularderie, closest to Sydney, the channel is very narrow and is called Little Bras D'or. This side is spanned by a Highway bridge.Once serviced by Hawley's Ferry. Many know it as MacNeil's Cove. George's River is on one side and South side Boularderie the other. Farther up one can look across easily from Point Aconi on Boularderie to Alder Point.on the main section. I have seen several maps, that for some reason don't show this channel,and show Boularderie connected, which makes it not look like an island. Some of the place names seem split now, but they were all named before the Trans Canada Highway went through and divided up the island Colin Waye