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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Sydney Mines

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia

Updated September 6, 2024

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Stubbert’s Point Battery

Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia

Stubbert's Point Battery

Alongside a scenic road are the remains of crumbling World War II gun emplacement.

Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia

Cape Breton Fossil Centre

This community museum preserves the largest collection of Coal Age fossil plants in Maritimes.
Princess Colliery Disaster Monument

Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia

Princess Colliery Disaster Monument

A simple memorial between a ball field and a skate park honors 21 men lost in a horrific mining accident.
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William Davis grave site

Scotchtown, Nova Scotia

William Davis Grave

A miner’s death at the hands of strikebreaking company police sparks a labor movement that continues to the present day.
6 miles from Sydney Mines
The “Largest Ceilidh kok in the World.”

Sydney, Nova Scotia

World's Largest Fiddle

On the waterfront of Sydney, Nova Scotia, a 60-ft. fiddle greets incoming ships.
7 miles from Sydney Mines
A model of the Marconi’s original Table Head station at Glace Bay.

Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

Marconi National Historic Site

Site of the first official transatlantic wireless communications.
13 miles from Sydney Mines
Army drills in front of the Crown Hotel. Designed by W.C. Harris, architect, this was meant to be the working man’s hotel. It was less luxurious but still far above most hotels of the day. In 1916 the 185th Battalion was stationed at Broughton. The town had been deserted, but had fine quarters for the military: officers and the hospital were in the Broughton Arms; the non-commisioned officers at The Crown Hotel; and the enlisted men in the forty-three cottages that had been built for miners.

Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

Broughton, Nova Scotia

The remains of an attempt to carve a thriving metropolis from the forest, and once home to the first revolving door in North America.
16 miles from Sydney Mines
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