North Sydney (Nova Scotia)
| North Sydney | |||
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 North Sydney Harbor with Newfoundland Ferry |
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| Location in Nova Scotia | |||
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 Canada
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| Province : | Nova Scotia | ||
| Regional Municipality: | Cape Breton Regional Municipality | ||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 12 ′ N , 60 ° 15 ′ W | ||
| Residents : | 6048 (as of 2011) | ||
North Sydney is a locality and former parish in Nova Scotia , Canada . It has belonged to the Cape Breton Regional Municipality since August 1, 1995 and has 6,048 inhabitants (2011).
North Sydney is located on the northeast coast of Cape Breton Island between the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Atlantic Ocean . The city's port is the landing stage for Marine Atlantic ferry traffic between the Canadian mainland and the Newfoundland ports of Port aux Basques and Argentia and is therefore part of the Trans-Canada Highway . North Sydney is the northern terminus of Nova Scotia Highway 105 .
history
At the end of the 18th century, North Sydney was a thriving port city. By 1870, the city's port was the fourth largest in Canada. Steam ships loaded coal here and the Western Union had established an intercontinental telegraph line in 1875 . In 1891 there were 2,513 people in North Sydney.
Ferry traffic with Newfoundland began in 1898 after the Reid-Newfoundland Company selected North Sydney as the mainland port. The trip of the SS Bruce to Port aux Basques in June of this year was the first trip by a ferry connection that still exists today.
Sons and daughters of the church
- Flora Isabel MacDonald (1926–2015), politician, Secretary of State for Canada
- Bobby Smith (born 1958), ice hockey player
Web links
- Official website (English)
