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

Cole Harbour Dyke

An 1880 plan titled “Transverse section of sluice frame,” showing a sluice gate of the Cole Harbour dyke, drawn by J. Leo. Liddiard.

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. […]

Plan of Two Hundred Acres of Land

Section of “Plan of Two Hundred Acres of Land sold by Sir John Wentworth to Wm Allen,” showing Lawlor’s Point. The dots on the end of the point […]