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Richard Collis got his home on Boularderie Island NS ready for Christmas.. then Mother Nature supplied the snow! Picture perfect! Boularderie Island is an island separating the Cabot Strait from Bras D'Or Lake on Cape Breton Island. — - Contributed

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