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.

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

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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: Bay
Category: body of water
Location: Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude

46.14652° or 46° 8′ 48″ north

Longitude

-60.31193° or 60° 18′ 43″ west

Elevation

6 metres (20 feet)

Open location code

87RX4MWQ+J6

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1740783654

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=bay

GeoNames ID

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