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

Crossing Cole Harbour

Train tracks in Cole Harbour in 1974.

Building the Railway

A Marion Steam Shovel, used to build the Eastern Railway in Cole Harbour.

Cole Harbour Looking North

A view of Cole Harbour and the salt marsh from the Canadian National Rail causeway in 1971, looking North.

Girls on Horseback

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

Railroad

Two unidentified people sit on the Eastern Railway bridge over Cole Harbour.

Train

A train crossing Cole Harbour on the railway, which was still in place in 1975.

Cole Station

An unidentified woman and girl stand outside of Cole Station, a railway stop in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia.

Dumping Fill

Building the railway involved adding rock to the rail bed, so it would be able to support the railway. Here, a train stops to dump fill into the […]

Steam Shovel

A Marion Steam Shovel, used to move earth in course of building the Eastern Railway.

Breeching Horse Model

A model of a breeching horse on display at the Cole Harbour Heritage Farm Museum. Horses would have to use this position, which involved sitting back in their […]

Steam Shovel

A Marion Steam Shovel moves earth in the course of building the Eastern Railway.

Milk Wagon

Thomas Bissett sits on his milk delivery wagon with his two sons, Stewart and Cyril.