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  2. Low Point Lighthouse - Wikipedia

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    By 1881 Low Point was a signal station at which the International Code of Signals was in use and was one of two stations on Cape Breton Island of the Maritime Telegraph System . [4] The Port War Signal Station was located at the Flat Point Lighthouse during WWI (1917 - 1918) and WWII. [8]

  3. List of historic places in Cape Breton Regional Municipality

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    39 Lighthouse Road, Low Point Lightstation New Victoria NS 46°16′02″N 60°07′33″W  /  46.2672°N 60.1258°W  / 46.2672; -60.1258  ( Low Point Lighthouse

  4. New Victoria, Nova Scotia - Wikipedia

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    It is a small, close-knit community which has a small church (St. Joseph's Church-Roman Catholic) and a lighthouse named the Low Point Lighthouse. New Victoria is also the site of Fort Petrie, a 20th-century fortification and observation post which functioned during both world wars. The fort is now a museum. [1]

  5. History of lighthouses in Canada - Wikipedia

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    On Cape Breton Island after 1826, the General Mining Association consolidated the mines around Sydney Harbour and greatly increased the shipping of coal to ports on the Atlantic coast. [7] In support of this effort, a lighthouse was built at Low Point in 1832 to aid vessels entering Sydney Harbour. [8]

  6. Marconi and Marconi Wireless Station National Historic Sites

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    The Marconi National Historic Site and the Marconi Wireless Station National Historic Site are two National Historic Sites located on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.Both sites commemorate the efforts of Guglielmo Marconi to transmit transatlantic radio signals between North America and Europe in the first decade of the 20th century.

  7. Louisbourg Lighthouse Trail - Wikipedia

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    The Louisbourg Lighthouse Trail is a hiking trail on Cape Breton Island in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. The trailhead is located on Lighthouse Point, [1] at the Louisbourg Lighthouse, within the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site. The Louisbourg Lighthouse is the site of Canada’s first lighthouse which was built here in ...

  8. Victoria Mines, Nova Scotia - Wikipedia

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    The increase in coal exports after the General Mining Association got a monopoly on mineral rights in Nova Scotia in 1826 made it important to mark the entrance to Sydney harbour to keep ships safe. The first Low Point Lighthouse, in New Victoria at the mouth of Sydney harbour, was built in 1832. It was wooden with a lead roof.

  9. New Waterford, Nova Scotia - Wikipedia

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    Coal mining in the vicinity began as early as 1854 at Lingan and later at Low Point in 1865. New Waterford is located northeast of Sydney, Nova Scotia. It is located near the ocean and is bordered on one side by cliffs. New Waterford has a rather flat terrain and has several fresh water lakes located nearby.

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