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Mary Lake is a lake located in Muskoka District in Ontario, Canada. The town of Port Sydney is located at its southern end. The lake was named by surveyor Alexander Murray after his daughter Mary Ellen Murray in 1853. [1] Both ends of the lake are connected with the North Muskoka River.
North America Port Container Traffic 2006 Port Ranking by TEUs. [11] Canadian rankings from Transport Canada. [12] World rankings from American Association of Port Authorities. [13] U.S. rankings from American Association of Port Authorities. [14] Local ports are included. [3] Seasonal ports are included. [1] Cruise ship ports are included. [2]
At its upper reaches, the harbour forks to form two arms: the Northwest Arm and the South Arm. The South Arm is fed upstream by the Sydney River. Sydney Harbour is the maritime hub for the Cape Breton Regional Municipality. The South Arm affords year-round, ice-free, deep-water anchorage for large ships, including cruise ships. [2]
The highway was built in the late 1950s - early 1960s and extended from North Sydney to Point Edward, but branched off in Point Edward and continued along Nova Scotia Route 305 then Trunk 5 until Sydney River. When Highway 125 bypassed the Trunk 5 sections of 125 in the late 1960s - early 1970s it became a controlled access highway for a lot of ...
Hwy 125 east / Main Street – Sydney, Glace Bay, Louisbourg, Sydney Mines: Signed as Exit 20E (east) and 20W (west); exit 1 on Hwy 125: North Sydney: 141.8: 88.1: 21: Route 305 (Queen Street) – North Sydney, Sydney Mines: North Sydney Ferry Terminal: Cabot Strait: Marine Atlantic ferry to Channel-Port aux Basques (year-round) and Argentia ...
The geography of Whitney Pier is defined by its relationship to the heavy industries of coal mining and steel manufacturing.Whitney Pier was separated from Sydney's central business district by lands occupied by Sydney Steel Corporation, at one time Canada's largest integrated steel mill (no longer in business), as well as a large railway yard and tracks running from the harbour to coal mines ...
The Sydney River valley is glacial with thick deposits, kames, eskers and outwash gravels creating a series of shallow lakes connected by narrow channels. This low valley was a traditional canoe portage used by the Mi'kmaq for travelling between Sydney Harbour and the East Bay of Bras d'Or Lake. [6]