Louisbourg: Sydney & Louisburg Railway Museum
Experience the coal-hauling times of the Sydney & Louisburg Railway and its marine connections. Words, pictures and artifacts tell the story in and around the 1895 station and engine house. An extensive model of the town's coal-to-ship transfer now occupies the freight shed. A large quilt display and vintage passenger and freight cars are seen here including Nova Scotia's oldest passenger coach, built in 1881. The Louisburg Station on Route 22 is also home to an important Visitor Information Centre.
Taken from wikipedia The Sydney and Louisburg Railway (S&L) is a historic Canadian railway. Built to transport coal from various mines to the ports of Sydney and Louisbourg, the S&L operated in the eastern part of Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia. The railway uses a slightly different spelling for the town of Louisbourg.
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While doing research on the fortress in Louisbourg Cape Breton Nova Scotia we came across this railway museum on the way in to Louisbourg.Its a must see while in louisbourg a lot of great artifacts Marconi ww2 rail in Cape Breton and much more.
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History
The town's name was given by French military forces who founded the Fortress of Louisbourg and its fortified seaport on the southwest part of the harbour, in honour of Louis XV. The French fortress was demolished after its final capture in 1758 and the site was abandoned by British forces in 1768.
Subsequent English settlers built a small fishing village across the harbour from the abandoned site of the fortress. The village grew slowly with additional Loyalists settlers in the 1780s. The harbour grew more accessible with the construction of the second Louisbourg Lighthouse in 1842 on the site of the original French lighthouse destroyed in 1758. A railway first reached Louisbourg in 1877, but it was poorly built and abandoned after a forest fire. However the arrival of Sydney and Louisburg Railway in 1894 brought heavy volumes of winter coal exports to Louisbourg Harbour's ice-free waters as a winter coal port. The harbour was used by the Canadian government ship Montmagny in 1912 to land bodies from the sinking of the RMS Titanic.
Incorporated in 1901, the Town of Louisbourg was disincorporated when all municipal units in Cape Breton County were merged into a single tier regional municipality in 1995.
Economy
Louisbourg's economy is dominated by the seasonal tourism industry and seafood processing. The depletion of ground fish stocks has negatively affected local fish processing operations in recent decades.
In the 1960s Parks Canada completed a partial reconstruction of the Fortress of Louisbourg. Today this National Historic Site of Canada is the town's dominant economic engine, employing many residents and attracting thousands of tourists every year. The fortress holds large scale Historical reenactments every few years to mark important historical events and attract visitors to the town. The most recent in July 2008, commemorated the 250th anniversary of the first British siege victory over French forces in July 1758.[1] The town's more recent history is preserved at the Sydney and Louisburg Railway Museum located in the restored railway station in the centre of town.
Annually, the community hosts the Louisbourg Crab Fest.[3]. A large golf course and residential resort is under development near the community. Designed by Nick Faldo, the resort is expected to open in 2010[4].
Louisbourg is home to the Louisbourg Playhouse, a theatre company operating in an Elizabethan theatre that was used as a prop in the live action 1994 Disney motion picture Squanto: A Warrior's Tale.
Population 1265
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Point of View Suites - Louisbourg Hotels, Canada
Point of View Suites 4 Stars hotel in Louisbourg, Canada Within US Travel Directory Offering beautiful views of the ocean and historic Fortress of Louisbourg, this waterfront hotel features a private beach and rooms with balconies. The Louisbourg Playhouse is just 1 minute away.The bright rooms of Point of View Suites feature hardwood floors and a full kitchen. Cable TV, a coffee maker and ironing facilities are included.The Point of View dining room serves breakfast and full dinners including steamed lobster and crab. Guests can listen to authentic stories and songs from the 1700s while they dine.
The beach provides a relaxing place to rest or fish.
Free Wi-Fi are also available through the hotel.
The Suites at Point of View are a 2-minute drive from the Sydney and Louisbourg Railway Museum.
The Fortress of Louisbourg Visitor Center is 1.
8 km away.
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Sydney Coal Railway
A standard (2 GP38-2 locomotives & 21 5 bay rapid discharge Ortner hoppers) Sydney Coal Railway train leaving the International Coal Pier heading up grade to Victoria Junction on January 5, 2016 4PM.
Cape Breton Steam Railway (The Wye at Port Morien Train Station)
Examining the wye at the Port Morien train Station Cape Breton Nova Scotia.
46°07'44.22 N 59°53'09.13 W Repton 30926 and #42 ran this line in the 70s.
#FridayNightHangout January 30 2015
Join us live by grabbing a drink and go over some of the news items from the past week from Halifax Nova Scotia and beyond with the panel. This is an interactive #hangoutsonair where we take viewer comments via YouTube, google+, twitter and
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Drone capture of Louisbourg Lighthouse, Nova Scotia, Canada (#NSLighthouseProject)
Filmed on a day when the beacon was shrouded in fog and surrounded by tumultuous waves in May 2016 for our #NSLighthouseProject, experience the coastline, rocky terrain, ocean and lighthouse at Louisbourg, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.
The lighthouse constructed by the French at Louisbourg was the first established in Canada, and the second on the North American continent. Built near the northeast corner of Cape Breton Island, Louisbourg was the base from which the French planned to hold New France against the English.
Construction began in August of 1731. The circa 70 foot circular tower made of coursed rubble was completed two years later. The first lighting of the lantern was not made until April 1st, 1734.
During the second British seige of Louisbourg, the tower was heavily damaged, particularly so on the evening of June 9, 1758, when British batteries and naval vessels opened a heavy bombardment on Louisbourg. The light was deemed beyond repair and left to disintegrate.
During the 19th century, maritime officials took steps to reduce the many navigational risks and ship wrecks along the Atlantic coast. One of the new lighthouses built was the second for Louisbourg, completed in 1842; however fire destroyed this building in 1922.
The third light at Louisbourg, which is the current beacon, began construction in 1923, and was first lit in 1924; it became automated by 1989.
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*** Please note, drone use in and around Louisbourg National Park, as well as other national parks and national historic sites within Cape Breton, is prohibited without approval from the superintendent of the park or site. ***
Cape Breton's Economic History
George Karaphillis about people from outside making the decisions, and people with worker mentality transitioning to Self Sufficient thinking and Entrepreneurs.
Jellyfish at Louisbourg Harbour July 24
Jellyfish or jellies[1] are the major non-polyp form of individuals of the phylum Cnidaria. They are typified as free-swimming marine animals consisting of a gelatinous umbrella-shaped bell and trailing tentacles. The bell can pulsate for locomotion, while stinging tentacles can be used to capture prey.
Jellyfish are found in every ocean, from the surface to the deep sea. Scyphozoans are exclusively marine, but some hydrozoans live in freshwater. Large, often colorful, jellyfish are common in coastal zones worldwide. Jellyfish have roamed the seas for at least 500 million years,[2] and possibly 700 million years or more, making them the oldest multi-organ animal.
Fortress Louisbourg (Montage) • Louisbourg, Nova Scotia
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Come back in time with me for a ride on Cape breton's Old 42 Steam railway!!All aboard!!
Sydney Sub - Train Sim Style
I've been building the ex-Canadian National - Sydney Sub in Nova Scotia for Train Simulator. The line runs from Havre Boucher (on the mainland), to Sydney (on Cape Breton Island). I've gotten a good portion of the line built from Havre Boucher to Orangedale (approx 41.0 miles) so I thought I would run a test train through the line to see how it looks. This is just a free roam scenario to get a feel of how the line is shaping up.
I sped up the video to get an 1h10min game time crammed into 16 minutes of video. Enjoy!
Cape Breton Celebrates Canada 150 Birthday
Cape Breton Celebrates Canada 150 Birthday , In this video I start out at Marion Bridge Street Parade with a trip to Louisbourg, then port morien, then out to glace bay at Queen Elizabeth Park,, Out to Dominion at hawks field, then new Waterford for