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The site DesBarres chose for the new settlement was along the Southwest Arm of Sydney Harbour, which forms part of [[Spanish Bay]]. Between [[1784]]-[[1820]], Sydney was the capital of the British colony of Cape Breton Island.

During [[World War Two]], Sydney was a very important port, being one of the two Canadian harbours from which [[convoy]]s left [[North America]] for Britain. They tended to be slower convoys and had the prefix SC (for Sydney). For particulars about one convoy, SC 7, see the section in the article, [[HMS Scarborough]]. Also there were plans drawn up in case of a loss of the British Isles that the majority of the North Atlantic fleet would fall back to Sydney harbour.

Sydney's coal shipping and steel manufacturing were essential ingredients in the [[Allied]] victory.