Cape Breton Mining in Canada

00:00:00,120Today, I'm going to talk about the history and technological development of coal mining on Cape Breton Island, located off the east coast of Canada in Nova Scotia. This area played a critical role in Canada's energy production for over two centuries. Let's begin with the early days. 00:00:21,000Coal mining in Cape Breton dates back to the 1720s during the French colonial period. These first operations were extremely basic. The miners didn't use machines. They relied on manual labor t...