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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.
Marine Atlantic Inc. (French: Marine Atlantique) is an independent Canadian federal Crown corporation which is mandated to operate ferry services between the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia. Marine Atlantic's corporate headquarters are in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
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.
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.
A "winter mail run" operated between Wood Islands and Pictou, Nova Scotia, initiated in 1777, it was the first 'official' winter seasonal connection to the mainland, running until 1827. [2] Today, it is a sheltered harbour hosting a ferry service to Caribou , Nova Scotia , operated by Northumberland Ferries Limited , and a busy fleet of small ...
The Marine Drive is a designated scenic route along Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore. It closely follows the coast of the Atlantic Ocean and the Strait of Canso from the Canso Causeway to the junction of Route 322 and Highway 111 in Dartmouth.