Balls Creek
Balls Creek is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island. It is located along a creek of the same name, both named after Ingram Ball who was given a grant bordering on the creek in 1795.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Sydney and Sydney.
North Sydney
Photo: Michel Rathwell, CC BY 2.0.
North Sydney is a community of 5,700 people on the eastern shore of Cape Breton Island on the north shore of Sydney Harbour. It is mostly a service centre for the ferry traffic to Newfoundland with a number of restaurants and motels.
Sydney
Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sydney is a former city and urban community on the east coast of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada within the Cape Breton Regional Municipality.
Balls Creek
- Type: Village with 757 residents
- Description: General Service Area in Nova Scotia, Canada
- Categories: General Service Area, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
46.15003° or 46° 9′ 0″ northLongitude
-60.31121° or 60° 18′ 40″ westPopulation
757Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)Open location code
87RX5M2Q+2GOpenStreetMap ID
node 1740783655OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
5892314Wikidata ID
Q4851932
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Balls Creek” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Balls Creek”
- Turkish: “Balls Creek”
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