Victoria Mines
Victoria Mines is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island. The first land grants in Victoria Mines were given to Irish settlers in 1794 and in New Victoria in 1808.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia
- Also known as: “Victoria Mines, 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. Waterford Lake is situated 3 km east of Victoria Mines.
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 northeast of Victoria Mines.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Waterford and North Sydney.
New Waterford
Town
New Waterford is an urban community in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. New Waterford is situated 6 km east of Victoria Mines.
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.
Victoria Mines
- Categories: General Service Area and locality
- Location: Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
46.24362° or 46° 14′ 37″ northLongitude
-60.16509° or 60° 9′ 54″ westElevation
11 metres (36 feet)Open location code
87RX6RVM+CXOpenStreetMap ID
node 1217480166OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Irish to Turkish—“Victoria Mines” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Méinnean Bhioctoria”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Méinnean Bhioctoria”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Mèinnean Bhioctoria”
- Turkish: “Victoria Mines”
- “Méinnean Bhioctoria”
- “Victoria Mines”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Petries Lake and New Victoria Volunteer 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 “Victoria Mines”. Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.