scenic viewpoint
Cape Smokey
Headland lookoff on the Cabot Trail south of Ingonish, where the road switchbacks down a 300 m granite cape with sweeping Atlantic views along Cape Breton's rugged east coast.
54 km · about 60 min drive
Nova Scotia, Canada · North America
Reserve Mines sits on the route: 10 minutes from Dominion, 54km from Cape Smokey.
Reserve Mines is a town located in Nova Scotia, Canada. With a population of 2,402, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, Reserve Mines sits in Canada, where you drive on the right. It's in the America/Glace Bay time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Reserve Mines to your route.
Reserve Mines (2009 pop.: 2,402) is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Cape Breton Regional Municipality.
It is located immediately west of Glace Bay and 10 kilometres northeast of Sydney. The J.A. Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport is located in the western part of the community.
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Antigonish Movement aided Reserve Mines in the mid-1930s when Father Jimmy Tompkins, Moses Coady and Mary E. Arnold helped the small town with education, housing and the first credit union. Reserve Mines is known for coal mining from 1860 to mid-1950 and the mines were called Dominion 5 and Dominion 10 Colliery. Later they were used for an airshaft and escape passage from Number 26 Colliery in Glace Bay.
Reserve Mines is also known as the home of harness racing grand circuit winner Lambert Todd with a lifetime mark of 2.02.1 in the early 1920s.
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Reserve Mines is located in Nova Scotia, Canada, North America. The coordinates are 46.1803 latitude, -60.0196 longitude.
Reserve Mines has a population of approximately 2,402 people, making it a town in Canada.
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scenic viewpoint
Headland lookoff on the Cabot Trail south of Ingonish, where the road switchbacks down a 300 m granite cape with sweeping Atlantic views along Cape Breton's rugged east coast.
54 km · about 60 min drive
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