New Victoria, Nova Scotia

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New Victoria in Nova Scotia

New Victoria (2001 pop.: 1,093) is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, [1] located in Cape Breton Regional Municipality.

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

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. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Fergusson, C. Bruce (1967). Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia. Halifax, NS: Public Archives of Nova Scotia. pp. 482–483. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  2. ↑ Historic Places

46°15′13″N60°07′40″W / 46.25361°N 60.12778°W / 46.25361; -60.12778


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