Sydney (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Shidni) is a community and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada. Situated on Cape Breton Island's east coast, it belongs administratively to the Cape Breton Regional Municipality. Sydney was founded in 1785 by the British; it was incorporated as a city in 1904, and dissolved on 1 August 1995, when it was amalgamated into the regional municipality. It served as the Cape Breton Island colony's capital, until 1820, when the colony merged with Nova Scotia and the capital moved to Halifax.
Population: 105,968
Latitude: 46° 08' 6.36" N
Longitude: -60° 10' 59.16" W
Sydney is a region and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada. Situated on Cape Breton Island's east coast, it belongs administratively to the Cape Breton Regional Municipality. Sydney was founded in 1785 by the British, and was incorporated as a city i…
Cape Breton University (CBU), formerly known as the "University College of Cape Breton" (UCCB), is a Canadian university in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Regional Municipality. Located near Sydney, CBU is the only post-secondary degree-granting institut…
Cape Breton Regional Municipality, often shortened to simply CBRM, is a regional municipality in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton County.
Glace Bay is a community in the eastern part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada.
The Sydney Tar Ponds were a hazardous waste site on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Nova Scotia Community College, commonly referred to as NSCC, is a community college serving the province of Nova Scotia.
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Broughton (2001 pop.: 24) was a former town in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality about 19 kilometers from the community (former city) of Sydney, Nova Scotia. Expected to be a boomtown when first settled, it was mostly abandoned when mining opera…
Centre 200 is Cape Breton's primary sports and entertainment facility, located in Sydney, Nova Scotia. It is home to the QMJHL's Cape Breton Screaming Eagles and the NSMMHL's Cape Breton Tradesmen. Besides ice hockey, the arena hosts many other even…
Donkin (2006 population: 445) is a Canadian rural village on the picturesque coastline of Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island.
Westmount (2001 pop.: 3,000) is a community in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality.
The Membertou First Nation is a Mi'kmaq First Nation located in the tribal district of Unama'ki, also known as Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.
The Canadian Coast Guard College (CCGC) is a maritime training college and Canadian Coast Guard facility located in Westmount, Nova Scotia - a suburb of the former city of Sydney in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality.
The Mira River (pronounced "Myra") is a Canadian river located in eastern Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.
Dominion is an unincorporated community in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Regional Municipality.
CJCB-TV is the CTV owned-and-operated television station in Sydney, Nova Scotia. It broadcasts an NTSC analogue signal on VHF channel 4 from a transmitter located in the Cameron Estates neighborhood on Mira Road in Sydney.
The Seal Island Bridge is a Canadian bridge located in Victoria County, Nova Scotia.
Whitney Pier is a Canadian urban neighbourhood in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Regional Municipality.