Broughton, Nova Scotia

: 24) was a former town in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality about 19 kilometers from the city of Sydney, Nova Scotia.

[1] Broughton was first settled at the turn of the 20th century as a mining town for the Cape Breton Coal, Iron & Railway Company.

The pair raised millions of dollars, mostly from English investors, and construction on the town was started, with streets laid out and a number of large official buildings constructed, including the Office Building, the Assistant Manager's House, the Broughton Arms Hotel and Crown Hotel.

[3] Remains of these substantial buildings can still be seen today, the scale of which giving an impression of the town's lofty ambitions.

[4] Quickly after these problems arose, Lancaster and Mayhew left Cape Breton, abandoning the company and the town.