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1. Reserve Mines
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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. |
2. Belgiumtown
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3. Centreville Reserve Mines
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4. East Slope
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5. McLeods Crossing
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6. Passchendaele
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7. Reserve Rows
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8. Steeles Hill
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9. Tomkinsville
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10. Bridgeport (Dominion, 3km)
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11. Bridgeport Beach (Dominion, 3km)
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12. Dominion (Dominion, 3km)
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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. |
13. Dominion Beach Provincial Park (Dominion, 3km)
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14. Gardiner Mines (Dominion, 3km)
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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. |
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15. Glace Bay (Glace Bay, 5km)
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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. |
16. Glace Bay Beach (Glace Bay, 5km)
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17. Hub (Glace Bay, 5km)
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18. Marconi Towers (Glace Bay, 5km)
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19. McKays Corner (Glace Bay, 5km)
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20. Morien Hill (Glace Bay, 5km)
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21. New Aberdeen (Glace Bay, 5km)
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22. Sterling (Glace Bay, 5km)
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23. Table Head (Glace Bay, 5km)
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24. Tower Road (Glace Bay, 5km)
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25. Kaneville (New Waterford, 9km)
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26. Lingan (New Waterford, 9km)
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Aboriginal peoples called the place Milesec. French people settled here before 1716 and called the place Bay L'Indienne (Indian Bay). For a time they operated a mine, calling the place Cape Coal. |
27. New Waterford (New Waterford, 9km)
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In 1907 the Dominion Coal Co. opened a mine at a place called Barachois, a word meaning 'pool' or 'lagoon. After the town was incorporated in 1913, the new name was put forward by the mayor, J. J. Hinckey, a native of Waterford, Ireland. |
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28. River Ryan (New Waterford, 9km)
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Named for the Ryan family and for the closeness of Northwest Brook, which flows S to Lingan Basin. Lawrence Morrisie settled here in 1821. |
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29. Scotchtown / Waterford Lake (New Waterford, 9km)
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So named because of its predominantly Scottish population. Patrick Ratchford settled here in 1842, but settlement was sparse in the 1840s. |
30. Big Glace Bay (Donkin, 11km)
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31. Donkin (Donkin, 11km)
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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. |
32. Long Beach (Donkin, 11km)
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33. Port Caledonia (Donkin, 11km)
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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. |
34. Schooner Beach (Donkin, 11km)
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35. Schooner Pond (Donkin, 11km)
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36. Birch Grove (Port Morien, 12km)
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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. |
37. Black Brook, Glace Bay (Port Morien, 12km)
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38. Broughton (Port Morien, 12km)
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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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39. Homeville / False Bay Beach (Port Morien, 12km)
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40. Morien (Cape) (Port) (Port Morien, 12km)
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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. |