Introduction Situated on North America’s Atlantic Coast, Cape Breton Island is one of the preferred tourist destinations in Nova Scotia province, Canada. The island derives its name from the French historical region, which is referred to as Bretagne, a proper noun for the word Breton. The dominant ethnic group in the island traces its origin from the Mi’kmaq ancestors, the archaic maritime natives, and the European arrival inhabitants during the 15th century (Ivakhiv, 2005). For a couple of decades, the people of Cape Breton have created an identity that reveals the rich culture upheld by Canadians living in the region. Notably, the use of the Gaelic language in the island demonstrates the Celtic culture prevalent in Nova Scotia since the dwellers of the area, particularly those in the Cape Breton communicate through it mostly (Sparling, 2008). As such, since the 20th century, the process of culture production to create the people’s origin has received considerable embracement from the world. Notably, various aspects of the island’s culture including art and craft, music, literature, and theatre performances have managed to secure the hearts of many internationally thereby prompting an analysis to understand how the traditions, attitudes, and values of the people developed. Further, the tourism sector in the region has adopted persuasive forms of advertisement that seek to attract more people from culturally diverse backgrounds to visit the island (Little, 2014). Therefore, this paper purposes to explore the creation of Cape Breton identity pertinent to its various pieces of work since the 20th century. Cape Breton Island’s Literature Cape Breton has a rich literary life that continues to blossom by the day thereby fostering the identity of the people. Importantly, Cape Breton people concentrate on highlighting the literary undertakings of various authors in a manner that nurtures them besides providing inspiration. Notably, the numerous talented writers have facilitated the expression of the people’s culture as depicted by their enduring stories covering various aspects of life in the North American island. As such, writers like Lynn Coady, Hugh MacLennan, Don Domanski, and Alistair MacLeod represent some of the celebrated individuals owing to their great literary works ( Baeton Institute , 2016). Thus, the place is a richly storied one as it continues to raise and lure more writers up to date due to the attitude of nurturing talents embraced by the communities within Cape Breton and Canada in general. Since the onset of the 20th century, various platforms have been established to promote a life of writing. The Dancing River Sprite Literary feast held monthly after being created by Cora-Lee Eisses and George Smith in the 19th century provides a place where natives and guests in Cape Breton gather to address different literary themes as dinner is served (Ivakhiv, 2005). Each month, the organisers select a different book as the dinner theme where the participants engage in conversations that dissolve into laughter as they wine and dine. Notably, besides the food served complementing the selected theme, it also represents the creativity behind the locally sour