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Landsat 7 false-color image of the Sydney area and surrounding suburbs. The image demonstrates how the built-up areas (pink) have been constrained by the Royal National Park to the south, the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park to the north, and the Blue Mountains National Park to the west (a boundary that generally follows a geological feature called the Lapstone Monocline, dividing the Blue ...
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 ...
Sydney is a former city and urban community on the east coast of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada within the Cape Breton Regional Municipality. Sydney was founded in 1785 by the British, was incorporated as a city in 1904, and dissolved on 1 August 1995, when it was amalgamated into the regional municipality.
Sydney Forks on Destination Nova Scotia 46°4′9.91″N 60°16′52.66″W / 46.0694194°N 60.2812944°W / 46.0694194; -60.2812944 ( Sydney Forks, Nova This Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia location article is a stub .
Rita MacNeil's Tea Room is a landmark in Big Pond Nova Scotia. Big Pond (Scottish Gaelic: Am Pòn Mòr) is a community in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada [1] on the south shore of Bras d'Or Lake. Big Pond is approximately in the centre between the communities of St. Peters, Nova Scotia and Sydney, Nova Scotia.
Howie MacDonald, Cape Breton fiddler, [4] Conservative candidate for the Sydney—Victoria district, during the 2004 [5] and 2006 federal elections [6] Peter Mancini, politician, lawyer, MP for Sydney—Victoria (1997–2000) [7] David Mathews, British Loyalist who was active during the American Revolution, Mayor of New York City (1776–1783) [8]
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 ...
The park was created in 1786; 238 years ago (), just a year after Sydney's founding, making it the oldest of Sydney's parks. Wentworth Park incorporates the Kiwanis Bandshell , a playground , fountains , and a splash pad , as well as a 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) network of paved paths surrounding the park's ponds and flower beds .