Inverness
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Inverness, NS (Nearby: Scotsville, Mabou, Margaree Forks, Margaree Harbour, Port Hood)

16 RAILWAY ST
Inverness, Nova Scotia
B0E 1N0


Nova Scotia Tourism Region : Cape Breton Island

Description From Owner:
  • The place was known as Juste au Corps and later Broad Cove until 1903. In 1791 a large number of Scottish Roman Catholic settlers came here from the Hebrides.
  • Some coal was mined starting in 1867, but in the 1880s William Penn Hussey opened a coal mine at nearby Big River and Broad Cove became important as a coal mining centre.
  • Hussey started Broad Cove Coal Co. and wharves and a railway were built to ship the coal 3 km from McIsaac's Pond. The mines failed to prosper after 1925. They were subsidized by the government until 1953.
  • With permission from 'Nova Scotia Place Names' David E. Scott 2015


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