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Peacekeepers Way
Highway 125 is a 28 km long controlled-access highway located in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Regional Municipality. The provincial government named it Peacekeepers Way on August 18, 2008. Part of the provincial 100-series arterial highway network, Highway 125 encircles the west side of Sydney Harbour, from an interchange with Highway 105 (the Trans-Canada Highway) at Sydney Mines to Trunk 4 (Grand Lake Road) immediately east of Sydney. Route description The northern third of the highway was upgraded during the late 1990s and early 2000s from a two-lane freeway to a twinned 4-lane freeway. Particularly problematic was the fact that the highway passes in proximity to Pottle Lake, the water supply reservoir for North Sydney, which required installation of pollution control monitoring and containment systems. In 2002 a connector road was built from the Grand Lake Road interchange which gives access to the port of Sydney at the former Sydney Steel Corporation property which is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Transportation And Infrastructure Renewal (Nova Scotia)
The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal is a department within the Government of Nova Scotia and has responsibility for overseeing transportation, communications, construction, property, and accommodation needs of government departments and agencies in the province. Kim Masland is its current minister. The department has over 2,000 employees responsible for implementing its mandate. Operational Units * Highway operations * Public Works division * Real property services * Government Services division * Government service's corporate IT operations * Corporate Policy branch * Corporate Services branch * Public Safety Communications Services Program Office * Environmental services * Trucking **Truck regulatory review **Vehicle compliance **B-Train routes Responsibilities The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal is responsible for: *23,000 kilometres of road including the Cobequid Pass *4,100 bridges except those under the Halifax Dartmouth Brid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coxheath, Nova Scotia
Coxheath is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located north of the Sydney River in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island. The community is home to Riverview Rural High School, a secondary school with approximately 900 students in Grades 10-12 and Coxheath Elementary. History After the fall of Louisbourg in 1758, Captain William Cox was left in charge of English soldiers in Sydney. In 1796 Cox obtained a grant of 1300 acres of farmland along the Spanish River where he had been living since 1790. English soldiers cleared the land, built a house, stable and barns. They then set up a grist mill and a road was built from his farm to the mill. Captain Cox lived on the farm with his wife and ran a successful grist mill and dairy farm. He named the land Cox's heath before returning to England in 1809. James Boutilier from St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia ran a coal shipping business carrying coal from Sydney Mines to Halifax, Nova Scotia. He purch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nova Scotia Provincial Highways
A nova (plural novae or novas) is a transient astronomical event that causes the sudden appearance of a bright, apparently "new" star (hence the name "nova", which is Latin for "new") that slowly fades over weeks or months. Causes of the dramatic appearance of a nova vary, depending on the circumstances of the two progenitor stars. All observed novae involve white dwarfs in close binary systems. The main sub-classes of novae are classical novae, recurrent novae (RNe), and dwarf novae. They are all considered to be cataclysmic variable stars. Classical nova eruptions are the most common type. They are likely created in a close binary star system consisting of a white dwarf and either a main sequence, subgiant, or red giant star. When the orbital period falls in the range of several days to one day, the white dwarf is close enough to its companion star to start drawing accreted matter onto the surface of the white dwarf, which creates a dense but shallow atmosphere. This atmosphe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marconi Trail
The Marconi Trail is a scenic roadway in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Located in eastern Cape Breton Island, the route is entirely within the Cape Breton Regional Municipality and runs from Louisbourg to Glace Bay along the island's eastern coast. The Glace Bay terminus is at the Marconi National Historic Site, which marks the location of the first radio transmission from North America to Europe, made by Guglielmo Marconi in 1902. The Marconi Trail measures approximately in length. Mira Gut Bridge Macroni Trail crossed the Mira River along Mira Bay Drive at the community of Mira Gut along the 140-year-old ''Mira Gut Bridge''. In 2017, the structure was demolished after it was deemed unsafe. A replacement bridge is slated to be open in 2022, but in the meantime travelers must take a detour along Brickyard Road and Hornes Road ( Route 255), crossing the Mira River along Trunk 22 at Albert Bridge. Highways Numbered * Route 255 Named Roads * Louisbourg Main-Ă ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney River
The Sydney River is a short river located in Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Historically, it was also referred to as the Spanish River from the 18th century Early modern France, French name for its estuary, Spanish Bay (Nova Scotia), Baie d’Espagnols. It separates the communities of Coxheath, Nova Scotia, Coxheath and Westmount, Nova Scotia, Westmount, on the north bank of the river, from Howie Centre, Sydney River, Nova Scotia, Sydney River, and Sydney, Nova Scotia, Sydney on the south and east banks. Sydney River rises in Blacketts Lake and runs to its mouth, between the Westmount shore near Amelia Point and Battery Point on the Sydney shore, at the South Arm of Sydney Harbour, draining a drainage basin, watershed of 140 km south of the crest of the Coxheath Hills. The river is an estuary for the last below the "Sydney Steel Corporation, Sysco Dam" in the community of Sydney River, Nova Scotia, Sydney River. The dam was const ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blacketts Lake
Blacketts Lake is a lake and community in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. The town is in the Sydney River watershed, of which the lake forms the headwaters. The lake (and its tributary rivers) is home to the northernmost known population of Yellow lampmussel. Characteristics The water in the upper Sydney River watershed is alkaline. Flow in Blacketts Lake is imperceptible except at a road bridge and causeway on Blacketts Lake Road. During winter, the lake tends to freeze except for areas of fast flow near the bridge and the mouths of brooks. History Blacketts Lake is named after Walter Blackett. Walter's father, William Blackett, born in London, England, of the Blackett family from North England came to Canada with his wife and two sons John and Walter in 1789, accompanied by a secretary of the British Government to purchase lumber for the ship yards of England. William Blackett is the founder of the nearby mining town of Glace Bay. The Blackett Fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westmount, Nova Scotia
Westmount (2001 pop.: 3,000) is a suburban community in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality. Geography Located on the west bank of the Sydney River at the point where Sydney Harbour begins, Westmount faces Sydney, Nova Scotia, Sydney's downtown. Neighbouring communities include Point Edward, Nova Scotia, Point Edward, Coxheath, Nova Scotia, Coxheath and Edwardsville, Nova Scotia, Edwardsville. Education Westmount has two elementary schools, as well as one post-secondary institution. These include: *Robin Foote Elementary School (gr. P-6, latterly grades P-5) *Harbourview Montessori (elementary grades) **This facility was opened in a building, formerly used by Robin Foote Elementary to accommodate Primary and Grade 1 overflow classes. *MacLennan Junior High School (gr. 7-9, latterly grades 6-8) **MacLennan was decommissioned by the Cape Breton-Victoria Regional School Board in the mid-2010's and demolished several years later. **MacLennan was the first public school in Nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bras D'Or Lakes Scenic Drive
The Bras d'Or Lakes Scenic Drive is a scenic roadway on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island. It extends around the perimeter of Bras d'Or Lake. Routes Numbered * Highway 105 * Trunk 4 * Route 205 * Route 216 * Route 223 Named Roads * Church Road * Georges River Road * Gillis Point Road * Hillside Boularderie Road * Kempt Head Road * Little Narrows Road * Long Island Road * Marble Mountain Road * Orangedale Road * St. Columbia Road * Steele Cross Road * Washabuck Road * West Bay Road Communities *Baddeck * Boularderie Island *Little Bras d'Or * Boisdale * Big Beach *Bras d'Or * Christmas Island *Grand Narrows *Eskasoni * East Bay *Ben Eoin * Irish Cove *Chapel Island * St. Peter's *Dundee * West Bay * Marble Mountain * Orangedale *Whycocomagh * Bucklaw * Little Narrows *Iona * Washabuck * Nyanza Parks *Battery Provincial Park *Ben Eoin Provincial Park *Bras d'Or Lookoff and Picnic Park *Dalem Lake Provincial Park *Groves Point Provincial Park *MacCormack Provincial Picnic Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marine Atlantic
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. Current operations Marine Atlantic operates ferries across the Cabot Strait on two routes: * North Sydney, Nova Scotia and Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador * North Sydney, Nova Scotia and Argentia, Newfoundland and Labrador The Port aux Basques route is operated year-round. This service was assumed by Canadian National Railway in 1949 from the Newfoundland Railway when the Dominion of Newfoundland entered into Canadian Confederation. The Argentia, Placentia route is operated seasonally during the summer (June–September). This service was established by CNR in 1967. As a result of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, the Argentia, Placentia service was suspended for the yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canso Causeway
The Canso Causeway (''Cabhsair Chanso'' in Gaelic) is a rock-fill causeway crossing the Strait of Canso, connecting Cape Breton Island by road to the Nova Scotia peninsula. Its crest thickness is , carrying the two vehicle traffic lanes of the Trans-Canada Highway, Nova Scotia Highway 104 on the mainland side, and Nova Scotia Highway 105 on the Cape Breton side, as well as the single track mainline of the Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway. Constructed in an "S" shape, the causeway has a base width of in waters having a maximum depth of . Cape Breton Island remains circumnavigable as a result of the wide and long Canso Canal, which is located at the eastern end of the causeway to allow ship traffic to transit the Strait of Canso. The Canso Canal Bridge is a swing bridge which carries the road and railway line across the canal. The word "Canso" is believed to be derived from the Mi'kmaq word ''kamsok'', which means "opposite the lofty cliffs." On July 2, 2014, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nova Scotia Route 305
Route 305 is a collector road in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It is located in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality and connects Little Bras d'Or at Highway 105 with Westmount at Trunk 4. It was originally known as Trunk 5 until 1970. In the 1960s between Point Edward and Sydney River this highway was also used for Nova Scotia Highway 125. Communities *Little Bras d'Or *Florence *Sydney Mines * North Sydney * Coxheath * Westmount *Sydney River See also *List of Nova Scotia provincial highways This is a list of numbered highways in the province of Nova Scotia. Arterial (100-series) highways A 100-series highway is a designation applied to a highway that can be a controlled-access expressway, Super-2, or fully divided freeway. The ... References Nova Scotia provincial highways Roads in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality {{NovaScotia-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
