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

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 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 […]

Cows on the Dyke

Cattle grazing on the dyke.

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 […]

Marsh Lots

A map showing marsh lots, mostly belonging to the Bissett family. When the salt marsh was dyked, the resulting land was sold to local farmers, but it is […]

Dartmouth Agricultural Society

Many farmers from Cole Harbour were members of the Dartmouth Agricultural Society, and some familiar names can be seen here, on a membership list from 1886. J. G. […]

Milk Wagon

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

Market Wagon

Seymour LaPierre stands on his horse-drawn “Express Wagon.” Behind him, there appear to be eggs visible among the load. Farmers would use wagons like this one to go […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]