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Florence, NS (Nearby: Bras D'or, Alder Point, Sydney Mines, North Sydney, Sydney)

626 BRAS D'OR FLORENCE RD
Florence, Nova Scotia
B1Y 1E0

Nova Scotia Tourism Region : Cape Breton Island

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The site was part of a grant made to James Gay in 1794 and he settled here soon after. The place was called Cox's in the 1800s for a family of that name that lived here.
In 1905 the place was named for Florence, wife of Cape Breton North-Victoria MP Hon. D. D. Mackenzie (1859-1927). MacKenzie later served as federal Liberal House leader following the death of Sir Wilfred Laurier in 1917.
Sydney Number Three of the Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Co. was sunk in 1903 and by 1959 employed most of the adult males in Florence. The mine was closed in 1961.
With permission from 'Nova Scotia Place Names' David E. Scott 2015

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Nearby:	Florence Beach, 1km Little Pond, 2km Bras D'or (Lake), 2km Big Pond Beach, 2km Little Bras d'Or South Side / Sullivans Point, 3km Gannon Road, 4km Little Bras d'Or, 3km Alder Point, 4km Sydney Mines, 3km Mill Creek (Bras D'or), 3km Christies Beach, 4km Centreville, Sydney, 5km North Sydney, 6km McCreadyville, 6km Georges River / Watson, 6km Point Aconi, 7km Groves Point, 6km	Millville (Bras D'or), 6km Upper North Sydney / Pottle(s) Lake, 9km Groves Point Provincial Park, 7km South Bar, 8km Victoria Mines, 8km Point Edward, 11km Mill Pond, 9km Johnson Lake Nature Reserve, 10km Leitches Creek Station, 11km Edwardsville, 12km Hillside Boularderie, 9km North West Arm, 13km Balls Creek, 13km Petersfield Provincial Park, 13km Whitney Pier / Muggah Creek, 13km Jefferson, 14km Scotch Lake, 12km	Sydney 28A, 13km Westmount, 14km Long Island Main, 11km Leitches Creek, 14km New Victoria, 11km Black Rock, Big Bras d'Or, 11km Sydney, 15km New Dominion, 11km Gibbon, 16km Big Bras d'Or, 12km Dalem Lake, 12km Rear Balls Creek, 16km Coxheath, 17km Lingan Road, 13km Ashby, 15km Kaneville, 12km