River Bourgeois, Nova Scotia

River Bourgeois is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Richmond County on Cape Breton Island. Despite the name, there is an excellent harbour but no river.Canadian writers and activists, Farley Mowat, and his wife, Claire, have their summer home there. It is the hometown of former NHL player Mike McPhee. His father still lives in his childhood home. River Bourgeois is historically a Catholic Acadien community with a long history of fishing. More history of the village can be found here:

River Bourgeois, Nova Scotia

River Bourgeois is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Richmond County on Cape Breton Island. Despite the name, there is an excellent harbour but no river.Canadian writers and activists, Farley Mowat, and his wife, Claire, have their summer home there. It is the hometown of former NHL player Mike McPhee. His father still lives in his childhood home. River Bourgeois is historically a Catholic Acadien community with a long history of fishing. More history of the village can be found here: