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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 280 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SYDNEY , the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

TOWN

town of Cape See also:

Breton See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, Nova See also:

SCOTIA (Gr. o'Karca, shadow or darkness)

Scotia, on a See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, the eastern See also:

TERMINUS

terminus of the Intercolonial railway. Pop. (1891), 2427, (1901), 9900. Formerly a quiet See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country town, it became between 1891 and 19o1 the chief See also:

SHIPPING

shipping See also:

PORT

port of the Dominion See also:

COAL

Coal See also:

COMPANY

Company, and the site of the large See also:

WORKS

works of the Dominion See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

Iron and See also:

STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

Steel Company. On the opposite See also:

side of the harbour are the flourishing towns of See also:

North Sydney and of Sydney Mines. It is the starting point for the See also:

LINE

line of steamers to the See also:

BRAS

Bras d'Or lakes, and a favourite summer resort.

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