Waterford Lake
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Flat Point Light.
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.
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.
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.
Waterford Lake
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: lake in Nova Scotia, Canada
- Categories: lake and body of water
- Location: Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
46.23944° or 46° 14′ 22″ northLongitude
-60.12469° or 60° 7′ 29″ westElevation
24 metres (79 feet)Open location code
87RX6VQG+Q4OpenStreetMap ID
way 106208514OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
6176752Wikidata ID
Q7974032
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Waterford Lake” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Waterford Lake (lanaw sa Canada)”
- French: “Waterford Lake”
- Swedish: “Waterford Lake”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as New Victoria and Kaneville.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Summit Recreation Park 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 “Waterford Lake”. Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.