Big Beach (Tràigh Mhòr in Gaelic, pronounced "try vohr") is a community located on the north side of the Boisdale Hills on the east side of the Great Bras D'Or Lake on Provincial Route 223, which runs from Leitches Creek to Little Narrows, through Central Cape Breton Island in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
Today, the descendants of these Roman Catholic "Barramen" still dominate Central Cape Breton Island's Gaelic culture.
A campaign of violence and intimidation by the provincial school board led to the near extermination of Gaelic culture and language in Cape Breton.
The Canadian National Railway came through Central Cape Breton and Big Beach in the latter part of the 19th century, bringing a connection to the rest of North America.
There was a rail spur to the beach at one time when a company from Belgium gathered sand to make porcelain china.