Scotchtown
Scotchtown is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Cape Breton Regional Municipality. The community is located immediately south of New Waterford.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Nova Scotia, Canada
- Also known as: “Scotchtown, Nova Scotia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Waterford Lake and Flat Point Light.
Waterford Lake
Reservoir
Waterford Lake is the main water supply for New Waterford, Nova Scotia, Canada. It was the scene of the beginning of the "battle of New Waterford" during the coal mine strikes of 1925 that occurred as part of the 1920s-era Cape Breton labour Wars.
Flat Point Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Low Point Lighthouse is an historic Canadian lighthouse marking the eastern entrance to Sydney Harbour at New Victoria, Nova Scotia, near New Waterford, Nova Scotia. Flat Point Light is situated 4 km northwest of Scotchtown.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Waterford.
New Waterford
Town
New Waterford is an urban community in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Scotchtown
- Categories: General Service Area and locality
- Location: Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
46.23659° or 46° 14′ 12″ northLongitude
-60.10215° or 60° 6′ 8″ westElevation
47 metres (154 feet)Open location code
87RX6VPX+J4OpenStreetMap ID
node 8094053262OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Irish to Turkish—“Scotchtown” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Baile nan Gàidheal”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Baile nan Gàidheal, Alba Nuadh”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Baile nan Gàidheal”
- Turkish: “Scotchtown”
- “Baile nan Gàidheal”
- “Scotchtown”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Union Grove Cemetery and Scotchtown Voluteer Fire Department.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Scotchtown”. Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.