Creignish, Nova Scotia
Creignish is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Inverness County on Cape Breton Island near the mouth of the Strait of Canso. Its name means "rocky place" and is named after Craignish, Argyll, Scotland.
The community is the hometown of siblings Lisa & Ashley MacIsaac, former professional hockey player Nick MacNeil, and the Creignish Dukes baseball team.
Creignish is also the setting of Linden MacIntyre's award-winning novel The Bishop's Man.*
