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Salt Marsh, Cole Harbour

The salt marsh in Cole Harbour in October, 1973.

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 […]

Salt Marsh in Spring

Cole Harbour salt marsh in early April; the grass is flattened from winter ice, and the darker spots are probably eel grass.

Lawlor’s Dyke

This stone dyke is traditionally attributed to the Jamaica Maroons who came to Halifax from the Caribbean in 1796. Most left the province in 1800 and resettled in […]

Chezzetcook Marsh

The Salt Marsh in Chezzetcook, Nova Scotia. Salt marshes occur from Cole Harbour east through Grand Desert, West and East Chezzetcook and Petpeswick, all important to both seasonal […]

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 […]

Rocky Islands in the Estuary

These rocky islands are evidence of the Meguma Terrane, a continental chunk consisting mostly of shales. These islands are easily viewed from the Salt Marsh Trail and are […]

A Rock Face

Evidence of the Meguma Terrane, in the Cole Harbour saltmarsh, a continental chunk consisting mostly of shales.

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.