09/27/2024
Extending between Muggah Creek and South Bar, Whitney Pier was first settled as farmland. In the late 19th century, the abundance of coal in Cape Breton and the impending construction of the Intercolonial railway fostered coal mining and then steel production. By the mid 1890’s, a Bostonian named H.M. Whitney, who was the president of the Dominion Coal Company, had additional coal loading piers built adjacent to the existing pier, and local residents soon adopted his name to identify not only the piers but also their expanding community.
At the beginning of the 20th Century, Whitney Pier was forever altered by the construction and opening of the Sydney Steel Plant. The influx of immigrants who came to work at the plant peaked in the 1920s and 1930s, resulting in the creation and growth of a multicultural community.
The Whitney Pier Community Heritage Trail Society, and the Whitney Pier Historical Society, in co-operation with Sydney Environmental Resources Ltd., the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, and the Nova Scotia Power Corporation have developed and opened to the public the Whitney Pier Community Heritage Trail.
Built in an effort to increase recreational opportunities for the residents of Whitney Pier and the greater surrounding community, while commemorating the area’s rich past, the Whitney Pier Community Heritage Trail is the result of many years of collaborative planning and dedicated work.
Running adjacent to the former Sydney Steel Plant site (from Matilda to Railroad Streets in the Pier), the Trail is a valuable addition to our community. We hope that you enjoy what the Trail has to offer: a peaceful walk through nature, a reminder of our storied past, and a hopeful celebration of our future.
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