Broughton
Broughton was a former town in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality about 19 kilometers from the city of Sydney, Nova Scotia. It was going to be one of Canada's first planned towns, designed to eventually accommodate 10,000 residents.- Village
- …lies at an elevation of around 40 metres (130 feet)
- …is also known as “Broughton, Nova Scotia”
- Description: human settlement in Nova Scotia, Canada
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cochran Lake and Beaverdam Pond.
Cochran Lake
Lake
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Beaverdam Pond
Pond
This is a list of lakes in Nova Scotia. Beaverdam Pond is situated 2½ km east of Broughton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Morien.
Port Morien
Village
Port Morien is a small fishing community in the… Port Morien is situated 10 km northeast of Broughton.
Broughton
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Latitude
46.08428° or 46° 5′ 3″ north
Longitude
-59.97312° or 59° 58′ 23″ west
Open location code
88R232MG+PQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Irish—“Broughton” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “布洛頓 (新斯科細亞)”
- Dutch: “Broughton, Nova Scotia”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بروتون”
- Irish: “Broughton”
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