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  2. Low Point Lighthouse - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Sydney Harbour (Nova Scotia) - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. List of National Historic Sites of Canada in Nova Scotia

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    As of April 2021, there were 91 National Historic Sites designated in Nova Scotia, 26 of which are administered by Parks Canada (identified below by the beaver icon ). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Numerous National Historic Events also occurred across Nova Scotia, and are identified at places associated with them, using the same style of federal plaque which ...

  5. Category:Ports and harbours of Nova Scotia - Wikipedia

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    Sydney Harbour (Nova Scotia) This page was last edited on 1 September 2020, at 04:12 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike ...

  6. Whitney Pier - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Dobson Yacht Club - Wikipedia

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    Dobson Yacht Club (DYC) is a private yacht club based in Westmount, Nova Scotia, Canada. The Dobson Yacht Club sits on the western shore of the South Arm of Sydney Harbour, directly opposite the Sydney downtown area, part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality. Its location on the chart (4266 Sydney Harbour) is shown as Dobson's Point ...

  8. Point Edward, Nova Scotia - Wikipedia

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    Point Edward (2001 pop.: 396) is a community in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Regional Municipality located on the southwest shore of the North West Arm of Sydney Harbour, immediately north of the community of North West Arm, south of Edwardsville, and west of Westmount. The town is named for King Edward VII. [1]

  9. Sydney Tar Ponds - Wikipedia

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    North Pond, Sydney Tar Ponds, July 2005. The Sydney Tar Ponds were a hazardous waste site on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada. [1]Located on the eastern shore of Sydney Harbour in the former city of Sydney (now amalgamated into the Cape Breton Regional Municipality), the Tar Ponds formed in a tidal estuary at the mouth of Muggah Creek, a freshwater stream that empties into the harbour.

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