Centreville is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island.
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Sydney Mines 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 settlement being established, there was significant activity along the shore. Upon the success of coal mining operations, the Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company constructed a steel plant in Sydney Mines in 1902. The plant, alongside the steel plant in Sydney owned by the Dominion Iron and Steel Company combined to produce more than 50% of Canada's steel during World War I. The plant was later sold to the British Empire Steel Corporation and ceased operations years later.
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Sydney Harbour 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.
Sydney Harbour is the maritime hub for the Cape Breton Regional Municipality. The South Arm affords year-round, ice-free, deep-water anchorage for large ships, including cruise ships.
Before 1783, the body of water was known as Bahía de Espagnol, or Spanish Bay. It was then given its current name in honour of the Viscount Sydney. Lieutenant Governor of Cape Breton Island William Macarmick attempted in 1788 to name the harbour Prince William Henry Sound, after Prince William Henry, who was at the time serving in the Maritimes in command of HMS Andromeda. However, the name did not survive.
A cove on the north shore, between North Sydney and Sydney Mines, originally called Indian Cove and known locally as Barrington's Cove, was where Prince Edward stepped ashore sometime between 28 July and 2 August 1860, to visit the Sydney Mines while en route from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Halifax. The cove was subsequently named Prince of Wales Landing Place. Point Amelia was named for Princess Amelia, a daughter of George III.
The harbour's east shore formerly held a coke and steel mill belonging to the Sydney Steel Corporation, operating from 1901 to 2001, with peak production from 1960 through to 1980. Muggah Creek, near the steel mill, transported material into Sydney Harbour, resulting in the area around the mouth of the creek to have some of the most contaminated marine sediment known, as of 2003.
The harbour underwent major dredging in 2011, clearing the channel to a 17-metre depth and making it accessible to large container ships. Five port facilities currently operate on the shores of Sydney Harbour: the International Coal Pier, Nova Scotia Lands, Sydney Marine Terminal, Sydport Industrial Park and Marine Atlantic. The sixth, the new container terminal, NOVAPORTE™ Mega-Terminal, is being planned for Edwardsville.
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North Sydney is a former town and current community in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Regional Municipality.
Located on the north side of Sydney Harbour, along the eastern coast of Cape Breton Island, North Sydney is an important port in Atlantic Canada, serving as the western terminus of the Marine Atlantic ferry service. It acts as the marine link for the Trans-Canada Highway to Newfoundland and is often termed "The Gateway To Newfoundland" for that reason.
Marine Atlantic ferries currently operate from North Sydney's terminal to the ports of Channel-Port aux Basques and Argentia. The Crown Corporation is one of the largest employers in the area.
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South Bar is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located near Sydney in Cape Breton Regional Municipality. It derives its name from the nearby Southeast Bar which extends over 1.7 kilometres out into Sydney Harbour, sheltering the community and its small fishing harbour from the open waters of Spanish Bay. The community's harbour is managed by the South Bar Fishermen's Harbour Authority. The local Fire Department, the South Bar Volunteer Fire Department, was established in 1982.
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Upper North Sydney is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island.