The colour comes as a result of mining for white marble in the quarry behind the village.
Marble mountain quarry cape breton.
Between 1902 and 1922 the limestone and dolomite of marble mountain were dosco s principal sources of lime for use in the iron smeltering process in their sydney cape breton mill.
As these continents collided mountain ranges were formed in the process called an orogeny a small piece of these ancient mountains formed in the grenville orogeny a billion years ago and have subsequently been found in the northern tip of cape breton island.
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Crushed stone was pulled into the water by waves making the beach white.
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It is known by many for its pristine white beach the result of years of mining for white marble in the quarry that dominates the mountain behind the.
Because marble has high ph it keeps the water at marble mountain soft and clear.
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Marble mountain village cape breton nova scotia situated on the northwest shore of the bras d or lakes the village of marble mountain overlooks some of the most beautiful scenery in the world.
Situated on the northwest shore of the bras d or lakes the village of marble mountain is known by many for its pristine white beach.
The sporting mountain quarry site consists of a quarry used to extract rock aggregate facilities for processing rock into crushed stone.
Its white sand beach and turquoise water are the result of a marble quarry that operated there from 1869 1921.
It looks like a tropical paradise but it s actually cape breton s marble mountain.
Crushed stone was pulled into the water by waves making the beach white.
Its white sand beach and turquoise water are the result of a marble quarry that started operating there in 1869.
It looks like a tropical paradise but it s actually cape breton s marble mountain.
Within a decade approximately one thousand people were employed in the mining industry of marble mountain.
The dominion steel company dosco was formed in 1902.
