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Excerpt from “A Tale of Two Dykes”

Excerpt from “A Tale of Two Dykes”

Transcript: Margaret Kuhn Campbell is a daughter of Peter McNab Kuhn, seventh and last owner of the Cole Harbour dyke. Margaret Kuhn Campbell wrote a book called “A […]
Cutting Hay on the Dyke

Cutting Hay on the Dyke

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

Crossing Cole Harbour

Train tracks in Cole Harbour in 1974.
Cutting the Marsh Hay

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 […]
Eel Fishing

Eel Fishing

A silent video showing Eel Fishing in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia. The video is in colour. This video has no sound. First, the men use axes to chop […]
Building the Railway

Building the Railway

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

Digging for Clams

A common activity among residents of Cole Harbour was digging for clams in the marsh. In the mid-20th century, a bridge greatly reduced the outflow of water from […]
Railroad

Railroad

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

Cows on the Dyke

Cattle grazing on the dyke.
Train

Train

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

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

Steam Shovel

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