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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.
[29] [30] A growing cruise ship business has been making use of the port of Sydney to give cruise passengers access to the area. The Port of Sydney hosts more than 70 cruise ships per season, [31] most notably the Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth 2, and MS Maasdam. A recent study found that a strong tourism cluster is emerging and will be ...
Port Caledonia (251) Port Morien (647) Prime Brook (561) ... Upper North Sydney (313) Victoria Mines (389) Westmount (2,829) References. CBRM population map
Atlantic Ocean. This is a list of ports and harbours of the Atlantic Ocean, excluding the ports of the Baltic Sea.. For inland ports on rivers, canals, and lakes, including the Great Lakes, Saint Lawrence Seaway, and Mississippi River, see inland port.
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.
Point Edward (2001 pop.: 396) is a community in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Regional Municipality located on the southwest shore of the North West Arm of Sydney Harbour, immediately north of the community of North West Arm, south of Edwardsville, and west of Westmount. The town is named for King Edward VII. [1]
Formerly known as Barrachois Cove (from barachois, meaning small port, lagoon or pond), its present name is likely derived from the Irish seaport Waterford, from which many early settlers came. [2] Coal mining in the vicinity began as early as 1854 at Lingan and later at Low Point in 1865. New Waterford is located northeast of Sydney, Nova ...
The geography of Whitney Pier is defined by its relationship to the heavy industries of coal mining and steel manufacturing.Whitney Pier was separated from Sydney's central business district by lands occupied by Sydney Steel Corporation, at one time Canada's largest integrated steel mill (no longer in business), as well as a large railway yard and tracks running from the harbour to coal mines ...