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SYDNEY , the See also:chief See also:town of Cape See also:Breton See also:county, Nova See also:Scotia, on a See also:good See also:harbour, the eastern See also:terminus of the Intercolonial railway . Pop . (1891), 2427, (1901), 9900 . Formerly a quiet See also:country town, it became between 1891 and 19o1 the chief See also:shipping See also:port of the Dominion See also:Coal See also:Company, and the site of the large See also:works of the Dominion See also:Iron and See also:Steel Company . On the opposite See also:side of the harbour are the flourishing towns of See also:North Sydney and of Sydney Mines . It is the starting point for the See also:line of steamers to the See also:Bras d'Or lakes, and a favourite summer resort . |
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