Settings of Alistair MacLeod's collection of short stories 'Island'

1. The bridge that connects Cape
Breton to Nova Scotia
“…young men, perished in
accidental ways…One…in a
storm at sea when the
vessel sank while plying its
way across the straits to
Newfoundland…”

2. Winter: Cape Breton

3. Iced in ferry off the coast of Cape
Breton
“…A third frozen
upon the lunar ice
fields of early March
when the sealing ship
became separated
from its men in a
sudden obliterating
storm…”

4. Cape Breton forest

5. Cape Breton old growth forest

6. Cape Breton coast

7. Cape Breton cliff top road
“Three years
ago a lovers’
quarrel resulted
in a car being
stolen from the
village below
and then
pushed over the
towering cliff…”

8. Cape Breton coal mine
“Few of us
have all our
fingers and
some have
either lost
eyes or ears
from falling
tools or
discharged
blasting
caps…”

9. Cape Breton fishing village
“I learned first
about our house,
which was one of
about fifty that
marched around
the horseshoe of
our harbour and
the wharf was its
heart…”

10. Cape Breton lobster fishing boat