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

Mrs. Phillips

Mrs. Phillips was a Mi’kmaq resident of Cole Harbour. The Phillips family came to Cole Harbour in the early 20th century when there were several Mi’kmaq families living […]

Hunter and Goose

Hunting on the salt marsh has been a common activity for as long as people have lived around it. When the estuary was owned by Peter McNab Kuhn, […]

Hunter

Hunting on the marsh was important to residents of Cole Harbour throughout the years. This young man continued that tradition.

John George Bissett

“Squire” John George Bissett was a local of Cole Harbour, and member of the Halifax City Council in 1898. He owned a great deal of land in the […]

Peter McNab Kuhn

Peter McNab Kuhn purchased the Cole Harbour estuary in 1891, and maintained a dyke until 1917, when it was destroyed. Kuhn attempted to control the hunting going on […]

Washing Carrots

A man (possibly Percy Ernst) washes carrots for market. Farmers in Cole Harbour sold their goods at the Halifax City Market well into the twentieth century, as their […]

Johnny LaPierre

Johnny LaPierre stands with his ox and a wagon on a road in West Chezzetcook, Nova Scotia. Johnny farmed all his life in West Chezzetcook and always kept […]

Eel Grass

Wilfred Bissett unloads Eel grass at his house, to be used for banking. The dried eel grass, thrown on shore by the tides, collects in huge matts, especially […]