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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]
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]
Service from Port Hawkesbury to Inverness opened in 1901. The purpose of the railway was to haul coal from mines around Mabou and Inverness to a pier in Port Hastings. [1] It was developed and operated by the Inverness Railway and Coal Company. It connected with existing stations of the Intercolonial Railway at Port Hawkesbury. [1]
The collapse of an 11-story coal mining plant in Martin County left two workers trapped under the rubble as crews worked to free them Wednesday. One of the workers has since been confirmed dead.
List of communities in Inverness County, Nova Scotia. These are all unincorporated areas within the jurisdiction of the Municipality of the County of Inverness except the incorporated town of Port Hawkesbury. Chéticamp; Grand Étang; Hillsboro or Hillsborough; Inverness; Judique; Mabou; Meat Cove; Orangedale; Pleasant Bay; Port Hastings; Port ...
The 38,000-acre Borel fire in Kern County has leveled the tiny, historic mining town of Havilah. "We lost everything — it's all gone," Havilah resident Sean Rains told The Times on Sunday. "This ...