Cultivated Rural Archives | Crossing Cole Harbour: From Ferry to Dyke then Rail to Trail

Cutting Hay on the Dyke

Cutting hay on the Cole Harbour dyke, with Jack Settle seated on a horse drawn mower.

Cutting the Marsh Hay

Transcript: Bernard Kuhn asked Mr. Forsyth to write a piece about his summer working on the Peter McNab Kuhn farm in Upper Lawrencetown as an appendix to Kuhn’s […]

Girls on Horseback

Jessie (left) and Mae (right) Storey seated on horseback on the Cole Harbour dyke.

Cows on the Dyke

Cattle grazing on the dyke.

Cole Harbour Road

The view west up Cole Harbour Road in the winter, looking at Beck’s Hill, with Thomas Bissett’s farm on the right and the Beck farm on the left.

Hot Beds in Winter

Hot beds were used to extend the growing season in Cole Harbour, being usually planted in March. Farmers would add manure along with the soil and plants, which […]

West Chezzetcook, Nova Scotia

Acadian house (left) and barn in West Chezzetcook, Nova Scotia, belonging to the Faucher family.

Grand Pre, Nova Scotia

Dykes created by Acadians allowed them to farm the land, and these dykes persist to this day. This photo, taken in Grand Pre, Nova Scotia, shows this type […]

Canada Geese Fly over Long Hill

A group of Canada geese fly over Long Hill in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia. Geese are just one type of waterfowl that uses the salt marsh, and are […]

A Drumlin on the West Side of the Harbour

A whale-shaped deposit of glacial till that provides farmland for local residents of Cole Harbour.