Orangedale, Nova Scotia

Orangedale is a Canadian rural community located in Inverness County, Nova Scotia.

Originally called "Mull Cove" in honour of the earliest settlers from the Isle of Mull, it was renamed about 1890 to commemorate Orangemen who settled in the vicinity of the Denys Basin of Cape Breton Island's Bras d'Or Lake, Orange Dale was a small farming and fishing community until 1886 when the Intercolonial Railway of Canada mainline from Sydney to Point Tupper was constructed.

In 1986, a group of community volunteers formed to save the original ICR station from being demolished.

The Rankin Family's song "Orangedale Whistle" pays homage to the community's role in Cape Breton Island's transportation history.

The Museum site has been featured on film through such programs as Maritime Museums(Eastlink), Haunted(Eastlink), and Heather Rankin's My Cape Breton(Bell Fibre).