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In 1996, the county was amalgamated into a single municipality with the exception of Port Hawkesbury. Coal deposits exist between Port Hastings and Cheticamp. [4] The Inverness and Richmond Railway, from Port Hastings to Inverness, was built around 1900 to transport coal. Coal mining was unprofitable, and small scale local operations ended in ...
The construction of the Inverness and Richmond Railway in 1901, and the subsequent opening of coal mines at Port Hood, Mabou, and Inverness, created the "only home market" local farmers had ever had. [5] The boundaries of Inverness County had been previously defined when Cape Breton Island was divided by statute into three districts in 1823. In ...
Inverness (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Inbhir Nis) is a Canadian rural community in Inverness County, Nova Scotia. It is about an hour's drive north from the Canso Causeway and about an hour south from Cape Breton Highlands National Park. In 2021, its population was 1,228, down 1.6% from 2016. [1]
Inverness NS 46°13′52″N 61°18′33″W / 46.2311°N 61.3091°W / 46.2311; -61.3091 ( Inverness Railway Inverness municipality ( 11859 )
Plymouth, Pictou County, Nova Scotia: Curragh Resources: 1991-1992 It was the site of an underground methane explosion on May 9, 1992. The explosion resulted in the deaths of all 26 miners who were working underground at the time. [2] Pioneer Coal Mine: 45°33′56.5″N 62°40′30.4″W Stellarton: Pioneer Coal Currently open
Mabou (Scottish Gaelic: Màbu; An Drochaid; [1] [2]) is an unincorporated settlement in the Municipality of the County of Inverness on the west coast of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. The population in 2011 was 1,207 residents. [3] It is the site of The Red Shoe pub, Beinn Mhàbu, [4] the An Drochaid Museum, and Glenora Distillers. [5]
The Inverness and Richmond Railway was a railway that operated on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia from 1901 to the 1980s. It is now a rail trail for snowmobiles , all-terrain vehicles , and human-powered transport called the Celtic Shores Coastal Trail.
Port Hood experienced an economic boom from 1880 to 1910, with coal mining, fishing and marine trade. During the first half of the 1900s, it was served by the Inverness and Richmond Railway. [4] A fire in July 1942 destroyed much of the town's business district. High Tide in Port Hood