Point Tupper, Nova Scotia
Point Tupper is a rural community in Richmond County, Nova Scotia, on the Strait of Canso, in western Cape Breton Island.
The Point Tupper Generating Station viewed from the north.
The Intercolonial Railway of Canada, also referred to as the Intercolonial Railway (ICR), was a historic Canadian railway that operated from 1872 to 1918, when it became part of Canadian National Railways. As the railway was also completely owned and controlled by the Government of Canada, the Intercolonial was also one of Canada's first Crown corporations.
ICR cars dockside at Pictou, Nova Scotia, c. 1912.
Steel Intercolonial self-dumping car in Nova Scotia, circa 1916.