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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.
Royal Canadian Navy base HMCS Protector, also known as the Point Edward Naval Base, was located next to Sydney Harbour, on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island. [1] It was founded in 1940 and used by the navy during the Second World War.
Cape Breton fiddling is a regional violin style which falls within the Celtic music idiom. The more predominant style in Cape Breton Island's fiddle music was brought to North America by Scottish immigrants during the Highland Clearances. [1]
St. Patrick's Church is a former Roman Catholic church in Sydney, Nova Scotia. The church was designated a Nova Scotian heritage property on November 3, 1983. [1] From 1912 to 1950, Sydney's Lebanese Maronite community used the church. [1] It is the oldest still-standing Roman Catholic church in Cape Breton, having been built in 1828. [2]
Sydney Mines (Mi'kmawi'simk: Klmuejuapskwe'katik; Scottish Gaelic: Mèinnean Shidni) is a community and former town in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. Founded in 1784 and incorporated as a town in 1889, Sydney Mines has a rich history in coal production although mining activity has now ceased. Prior to a permanent ...
The Sydney and Louisburg Railway (S&L) was a Canadian railway. Built to transport coal from various mines to the ports of Sydney and Louisbourg, the S&L operated in the eastern part of Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia. The railway uses a slightly different spelling for the town of "Louisbourg".
In 1920, DISCO, the Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company (SCOTIA) in Sydney Mines, and the Wabana ore mine on Bell Island were acquired by the British Empire Steel Corporation (BESCO). [3] In 1930, BESCO reorganized as Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation (DOSCO). [1] Hawker Siddeley Canada purchased DOSCO in 1957. [4]
North Sydney was settled around 1785 by European and Loyalist settlers. [11] The original Mi'kmaq name for the area, Kweso'mkiaq, means "sandy point.". It emerged as a major shipbuilding centre in the early 19th century, building many brigs and brigantines for the English market, later moving on to larger barques, and in 1851 to the full-rigged Lord Clarendon, the largest wooden ship ever ...