New Victoria, Nova Scotia

Summary

New Victoria (2001 pop.: 1,093) is a community in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Regional Municipality.

New Victoria, Nova Scotia is located in Nova Scotia
New Victoria, Nova Scotia
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New Victoria in Nova Scotia

New Victoria is located west of New Waterford and east of Victoria Mines. It is approximately 10 kilometres north of Sydney.

It is a small, close-knit community which has a small church (St. Joseph's Church-Roman Catholic) and a lighthouse named the Low Point Lighthouse. New Victoria is also the site of Fort Petrie, a 20th-century fortification and observation post which functioned during both world wars. The fort is now a museum.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ Historic Places

46°15′10.6″N 60°7′46.6″W / 46.252944°N 60.129611°W / 46.252944; -60.129611