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GLACE BAY

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 56 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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GLACE

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BAY

BAY , a

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CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and

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PORT

port of entry of Cape

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COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, Nova

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SCOTIA (Gr. o'Karca, shadow or darkness)

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CANADA

Canada, on the

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ATLANTIC

Atlantic Ocean, 14 M . E. of

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SYDNEY

Sydney, with which it is connected both by

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steam and electric railway . It is the centre of the properties of the Dominion

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COAL

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COMPANY

Company (founded 1893), which produce most of the coal of Nova Scotia . Though it has a

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FAIR

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HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, most of the

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SHIPPING

shipping is done from Sydney in summer and from

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LOUISBURG

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winter . Pop . (1892) 2000; (1901) 6945; (1906) 13,000 .

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