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By all measures Cape Breton is a special place, with the city of Sydney its industrial heart and largest city. Cape Breton is a large island, known for the hard lives of the generations who've grown up around and in the many coal mines and steel plants of the region. It's known for its people - Irish and Scottish descendants full of warmth (it's traditional to greet visitors with "100,000 welcomes"), humor and a deep love of traditional Celtic music. It's a place that draws Canadians and tourists from around the world to travel the vast highlands and sea-lined cliffs and wander into little villages and towns full of charm. And it's a place filled with history. Nearby Louisbourg is rebuilding the French fort that stood at its harbor in the 1600s, making it a living museum. The Marconi Trail, meanwhile, celebrates the Italian scientist who sent the first trans-Atlantic wireless radio message from a transmitting station at Glace Bay.