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1. Glace Bay
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First called Wasokusegwom for ‘shining, home of glory.' Glace (French for ice) Bay first appears on a census in 1752, describing the bay formed by Table Head and Cape Percé. |
| 2. Glace Bay Beach
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| 3. Hub
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| 4. Marconi Towers
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| 5. McKays Corner
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| 6. Morien Hill
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| 7. New Aberdeen
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| 8. Sterling
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| 9. Table Head
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| 10. Tower Road
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| 11. Belgiumtown (Reserve Mines, 5km)
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| 12. Centreville Reserve Mines (Reserve Mines, 5km)
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| 13. East Slope (Reserve Mines, 5km)
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| 14. McLeods Crossing (Reserve Mines, 5km)
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| 15. Passchendaele (Reserve Mines, 5km)
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16. Reserve Mines (Reserve Mines, 5km)
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The name originated when the General Mining Association then working in this area held the operation of this mine back for future use. |
| 17. Reserve Rows (Reserve Mines, 5km)
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| 18. Steeles Hill (Reserve Mines, 5km)
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| 19. Tomkinsville (Reserve Mines, 5km)
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| 20. Bridgeport (Dominion, 5km)
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| 21. Bridgeport Beach (Dominion, 5km)
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22. Dominion (Dominion, 5km)
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In 1894 the Dominion Coal Company opened Dominion Number 1 Shaft and a community grew up around it, first known as Dominion Number 1. |
| 23. Dominion Beach Provincial Park (Dominion, 5km)
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24. Gardiner Mines (Dominion, 5km)
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First named Gardner Mines, for Michael Gardiner, an early Irish settler. In 1818 Alexander Campbell from Scotland was granted a lot called Barbue. |
| 25. Big Glace Bay (Donkin, 6km)
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26. Donkin (Donkin, 6km)
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The Dominion Coal Company opened Dominion Number 6 here in 1904 and a community formed around it, initially known as Dominion Number 6. |
| 27. Long Beach (Donkin, 6km)
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28. Port Caledonia (Donkin, 6km)
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The earliest land grant at Port Caledonia was in 1835 to Peter Hall Clarke. Operations at Clyde Colliery, between Glace Bay and Schooner Pond, were begun in 1863. The mine operated until the 1890s. |
| 29. Schooner Beach (Donkin, 6km)
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| 30. Schooner Pond (Donkin, 6km)
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31. Birch Grove (Port Morien, 9km)
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The first recorded residents were here in 1865 after explorations for coal had started. From 1912-30, Dominion # 21 and # 22 collieries were operating. When they closed, many miners went to work at mines in Glace Bay. The name is descriptive. |
| 32. Black Brook, Glace Bay (Port Morien, 9km)
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33. Broughton (Port Morien, 9km)
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A small seam of coal was found here in the early 1900s which led to what historian William B. Hamilton describes as 'one of the most spectacular fiascos in the history of Nova Scotia.' |
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34. Homeville / False Bay Beach (Port Morien, 9km)
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35. Morien (Cape) (Port) (Port Morien, 9km)
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Cape Morien: First named Mooloktooch or Noolektooch, ‘place jammed with ice.' The cape was named Morien first and the name is thought to be a corruption of the Portuguese for St. Martin. |
| 36. Morien Junction (Port Morien, 9km)
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| 37. Morrison Road (Port Morien, 9km)
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38. Port Morien (Port Morien, 9km)
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The Mi'kmaw names for this place were Mooloktooch and Noolektooch, ‘place jammed with ice' and 'bivouacking place. |
| 39. Port Morien Beach (Port Morien, 9km)
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| 40. Port Morien French Mine Site (Port Morien, 9km)
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