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North Sydney was settled around 1785 by European and Loyalist settlers. [11] The original Mi'kmaq name for the area, Kweso'mkiaq, means "sandy point.". It emerged as a major shipbuilding centre in the early 19th century, building many brigs and brigantines for the English market, later moving on to larger barques, and in 1851 to the full-rigged Lord Clarendon, the largest wooden ship ever ...
Frankie MacDonald (born April 24, 1984) is a Canadian amateur meteorologist from the Whitney Pier [2] area of Sydney, Nova Scotia. [3] [4] [5] MacDonald, who has autism, [3] [6] is known for his boisterous online weather forecasts. [7] Frankie records meteorologist reports which he then posts to his YouTube channel, under the handle of ...
Nova Scotia has frequent coastal fog and marked changeability of weather from day to day. The main factors influencing Nova Scotia's climate are: The effects of the westerly wind; The interaction between three main air masses which converge on the east coast; Nova Scotia's location on the routes of the major eastward-moving storms
PHOTO: Snow Forecast thorugh Friday Map (ABC News) The cold will begin to ease this weekend, first across the center of the country, then reaching the East Coast by Sunday and Monday.
Multiple storms sweeping through the western United States into the last weekend of 2024 will bring a heightened risk of flash flooding, damaging winds and travel-snarling snow from Northern ...
Upper North Sydney on Destination Nova Scotia 46°12′20.65″N 60°16′11.26″W / 46.2057361°N 60.2697944°W / 46.2057361; -60.2697944 ( Upper North Sydney, Nova This Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia location article is a stub .
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.
In February 1999 the Department of Labour temporarily closed the North Sydney Forum. As a result of that one action, a diverse group of Northside area residents and business people came together to build a new arena. The result is the Northside Civic Centre Society and the facility itself, the Emera Centre Northside.