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Nova Scotia. This is a list of airports in Nova Scotia. It includes all Nav Canada certified and registered water and land airports, aerodromes and heliports in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. [1] [2] Airport names in italics are part of the National Airports System. [3]
Caribou is a small rural community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada. [ 1 ] it is populated by an estimated 103 people as of 2024. Located on the Northumberland Strait northwest of the town of Pictou , Caribou is named after the Woodland Caribou which used to live in Nova Scotia. [ 2 ]
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.
JA Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport (IATA: YQY, ICAO: CYQY) is a regional airport located in Reserve Mines in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. The airport serves the Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM) and the surrounding areas of Cape Breton Island. McCurdy Sydney Airport has the distinction of being the oldest public airport in Nova ...
This terminal serves Nova Scotia, and is located at the North end of Highway 106, a spur route of the Trans-Canada Highway. The terminal was constructed following the formation of Northumberland Ferries in 1941, and has received numerous upgrades since its construction. At the time of opening, the ferry was only accessible via Three Brooks Road.
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.
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.
The community is located at the southern end of Sydney Harbour's South Arm at the mouth of the Sydney River. The community is at the interchange between Highway 125 and Trunk 4. The river the connects Westmount and Coxheath goes between the bridge leading into Sydney River.