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Sydney Harbour [1] (Mi'kmawi'simk: L'sipuktuk) is the 10-mile long Y-shaped inlet of the Atlantic, oriented southwest-northeast on the northeast shore of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. 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.
Spanish Bay [1] is a bay in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It is located on the Atlantic coast of Cape Breton Island at the mouth of Sydney Harbour , which forms part of Spanish Bay. [ 2 ] The current name for the bay, "Spanish Bay" (sometimes "Spanish Harbour", "Spaniards Bay" or "Port aux Espagnols") appears on maps of the area at ...
This is a list of communities in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, ... Clark's Harbour: 758 820 −7.6%: 2.81 1.08: 269.8 699 ... Map of Nova Scotia Municipalities
Sydney served as the Cape Breton Island's colonial capital, until 1820, when the colony merged with Nova Scotia and the capital moved to Halifax. A rapid population expansion occurred just after the turn of the 20th century, when Sydney became home to one of North America's main steel mills.
After 1826, the General Mining Association consolidated the various coal mines around Sydney Harbour and greatly increased the shipping of coal to ports on the Atlantic coast. [6] In support of this effort, a lighthouse was built at Low Point in 1832 to aid vessels entering Sydney harbour. [7] This first lighthouse was built at a cost of £770.
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The community is located at the southern end of Sydney Harbour's South Arm at the mouth of the Sydney River. The community is at the interchange between Highway 125 and Trunk 4. The river the connects Westmount and Coxheath goes between the bridge leading into Sydney River.
North Sydney (Mi'kmawi'simk: Kweso'mkiaq, Scottish Gaelic: Suidni A Tuath [2] or Am Bàr [3]) is a former town and current community in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Regional Municipality. Located on the north side of Sydney Harbour, along the eastern coast of Cape Breton Island , North Sydney is an important port in Atlantic Canada , serving as ...