
Malagawatch Shoreline Preservation Project
Coastal erosion is a problem throughout Unama'ki (Cape Breton) and will only get worse as climate change progresses. Sea level rise, increasingly powerful storms, and the storm surges that come with them endanger culturally, economically, and ecologically important coastal areas, and even people’s homes. In Cape Breton, it is not just the Atlantic coast we have to worry about. We also have the Bras d’Or Lakes, an estuary often referred to as an “inland sea,” located in the ce