The Cape Breton Development Corporation, or DEVCO, is a
Canadian federal government
Crown corporation.DEVCO was organized primarily into two divisions: a community economic development organization, and the coal division.From
March 30,
1968 until
November 23,
2001, DEVCO's coal division operated Canada's largest underground
coal mines, located in eastern
Cape Breton County,
Nova Scotia. Following decommissioning of its mines, DEVCO sold all non-mining surface assets to the private sector on
December 18, 2001, including the
Devco Railway and is presently remediating its mine sites.
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