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4 unusual facts about Glace Bay


Cape Breton Development Corporation

One of DEVCO's first tourism-related developments in the early 1970s was the Cape Breton Steam Railway, a joint project with the Sydney and Louisburg Railway Historical Society, which saw unused Devco Railway tracks between Glace Bay and Port Morien used for operating a tourist railway, with coal-powered steam locomotives.

Érik Bédard

He was a pitcher on the 1992 Orleans Junior Red Sox team which beat Glace Bay in the 1992 Canadian Championship.

Linda Bond

Linda Bond (born 22 June 1946) was the 19th General of the Salvation Army and was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia.

Under Great White Northern Lights

Exclusive components to the box set includes a live 7" single featuring "Icky Thump" on one side and "The Wheels on the Bus" (records live in Winnipeg on July 2nd, 2007) on the other, a 208-page hardcover book of photographs from the tour, one of six possible silkscreen prints, and a DVD of the band's 10th anniversary show in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, entitled Under Nova Scotian Lights.


Nick Wall

Born in Lower Gully, Kelligrews, Conception Bay, Newfoundland, while still a small boy Nick Wall's family moved to Glace Bay, Nova Scotia.

Seaside Communications

Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, New Waterford, Nova Scotia, Reserve Mines, Louisbourg (community), Baddeck, Nova Scotia, St. Peter's, Nova Scotia and surrounding communities such as Albert Bridge, Hornes Road, Hillside, Hills Road, Marion Bridge, Carabin's Trailer Park, Main-à-Dieu, Neal Cove, Bateston, Catalone and Catalone Road.


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Bruce Allan Clark

During his time as mayor, Clark achieved success for the town in a variety of ways, perhaps most notable is the cleanup project of Glace Bay's sewage area, spearheading the development of Renwick Brook.

Bruce Clark

Bruce Allan Clark (born 1948), former mayor of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

CKOA

CKOA-FM, a radio station (89.7 FM) licensed to Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada

Marconi National Historic Sites of Canada

In December 1902 Marconi transmitted the first complete messages to Poldhu from stations at Glace Bay, Nova Scotia.

Marconi Trail

The Glace Bay terminus is at the Marconi National Historic Site, which marks the location of the first radio transmission from North America to Europe, made by Guglielmo Marconi in 1902.

Sheldon Currie

A movie, Margaret's Museum, was based on The Glace Bay Miners' Museum.

St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Glace Bay

In March 1867, the Rev. Alexander Farquharson Jr., son of a pioneer Minister at Grand River was inducted as the first minister of the newly formed (December 1866) congregation in Glace Bay.