Planned Development c.1905

Broughton (2001 pop.: 24) is a community in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality about 12 miles from the former city of Sydney, Nova Scotia. Expected to be a boomtown when first settled, was mostly abandoned when mining operations failed. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Motto: Fortuna Non Mutat Genus (Circumstances Do Not Change Our Origin) Country Canada  Province Nova Scotia  Established 1995  - Mayor John W. Morgan  - Governing Body Cape Breton Regional Council  - MPs Rodger Cuzner, Mark Eyking  - MLAs Frank Corbett, Cecil Clarke, Gordie Gosse, Manning MacDonald, Alfie MacLeod, David Wilson Area    - Municipality 2,434. ... Downtown Sydney, Nova Scotia. ...

History

Mine Yard c.1905

Broughton was originally settled in the 19th century as a mining town for the Dominion Coal Company which intended to develop the coal seam at Cochrane's Lake. Some mining was undertaken and construction of the town started. Much planning was done for the construction of the anticipated boomtown, which was one of the first attempts at a planned community in Canada.^[1] Construction on the town was started but the mining operation was a failure and the town was soon abandoned.^[2] Some residents still live in the vicinity of the the area which is still known as Broughton. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Notes

1. ^ Map of Broughton Nova Scotia Men in the Mines:A History of Mining Activity in Nova Scotia, 1720-1992
2. ^ Mine Yard, Broughton, NS Men in the Mines:A History of Mining Activity in Nova Scotia, 1720-1992

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