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HRM’s Historic Communities

General WorksAfricvilleAntrimArmdaleBald RockBayer SettlementBeaver BankBeaver HarbourBedfordBirch CoveBlack PointBlind BayBoutiliers PointBrookvaleCaribou Gold MinesChaplinChaswoodCherry BrookChezzetcookClam HarbourCole HarbourCooks BrookCow BayCrystal CrescentDartmouthDeanDeBaies CoveDevils IslandDover, East and WestDuncans CoveDutch SettlementEastern PassageEcum SecumElderbankElmsvaleFairviewFall RiverFergusons CoveFrench VillageGeorges Island

Glen HavenGlen MargaretGlenmoreGoffsHacketts CoveHalifaxHammonds PlainsHarrietsfieldHarrigan CoveHead of St. Margarets BayHerring CoveHigginsvilleHubbardsHubleyHutchison SettlementIndian HarbourIngramportJeddore (East, West, & Head)JollimoreKetch HarbourLake CharlotteLake EgmontLawlor IslandLawrencetownLay LakeLindsay LakeLittle HarbourMcNabs IslandMeaghers GrantMiddle MusquodoboitMoosehead MooselandMoose RiverMoose River Gold MinesMoser RiverMurphys CoveMushaboomMusquodoboit HarbourNecum Teuch

Newcomb CornerOakfieldOstrea LakeOwls Head HarbourOyster PondPeggys CovePennantPetpeswick HarbourPleasant PointPleasant ValleyPopes HarbourPort DufferinPorters LakePortuguese CovePrestonProspectPurcells CoveQueenslandQuoddySable IslandSackville (Upper, Middle & Lower)SambroSeabrightSheet HarbourShip HarbourSouth SectionSpry BaySpryfieldTangierTantallonTerence BayUpper LakevilleUpper MusquodoboitWatt SectionWaverleyWindsor JunctionWyses Corner

The following is a selection of materials on the history of the communities that make upHalifax Regional Municipality (Halifax County). The official spelling of these communities hasbeen taken from the Gazetteer of Canada: Nova Scotia (1993). For a brief history of allcommunities, or for ones not listed below, consult the titles listed in General Works. This listdoes not include travel guides, institutional histories, or major events within a community.

General Works:

Nova Scotia Variant Place Names, byDorothy Cooke. Halifax: Dalhousie University:School of Library Service, 1986.

One City, Many Communities, by AlfredaWithrow. Halifax: Nimbus, 1999.

Place Names and Places of Nova Scotia.Halifax: Public Archives of Nova Scotia, 1967.

Place Names of Atlantic Canada, by WilliamB. Hamilton. Toronto: University of TorontoPress, 1996.

Place-Names of the Province of Nova Scotia,by Thomas J. Brown. [Halifax: s.n.], 1922.

Africville

Africville: The Life and Death of a CanadianBlack Community, by Donald H. Clairmont. Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press, 1999.

The Spirit of Africville. Halifax: Formac, 1992.

For a complete listing of materials on Africville,please see the African Nov a Scotians resourcelist.

Antrim

Memories: Musquodoboit Valley, NovaScotia, by Roberta Annand. [s.l. : s.n., 198?].

Armdale

Beyond the North West Arm: A Local Historyof Williams’ Lake, Halifax, Nova Scotia, byHeather Watts. [s.l. : s.n.], 1994.

Discovering Our Past from Armdale toPennant: A Series of Articles, by Iris V. Shea.[Halifax]: Mainland South Heritage Society,2000.

The Little Dutch Village: Armdale andFairview, by Devonna Edwards. Halifax:Nimbus, 2003.

Halifax’s Northwest Arm: An IllustratedHistory, by Heather Watts. Halifax: Formac2003

Sketches and Traditions of the NorthwestArm, by John W. Regan. Willowdale:Hounslow, 1978.

Bald Rock

“Fishing, Military Settled ShorelineCommunities,” by Peter Saulnier. ChebuctoNews 1, no. 5 (1999): 5.

Bayer Settlement

Along the Shore, by Marine Highway HistoricalSociety. [s.l]: The Society, 1982.

Beaver Bank

Cries at Kinsac Corner: and Other Legends. Halifax: Privately printed, 1977?.

Historic Sackville, by Robert Paton Harvey. Halifax: Nimbus, 2002.

Historical Recordings of Beaver Bank, 1798-1968, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, byMaribelle Smiley. [s.l. : Maribelle Smiley,1971?].

Beaver Harbour

Where Broad Atlantic Surges Roll: A Historyof Beaver Harbour, Port Dufferin, Quoddy,Harrigan Cove, Moose Head, Moser River,Necum Teuch, and Ecum Secum, by Phillip L.Hartling. Antigonish: Formac, 1979.

Bedford

Birch Cove: Fact and Fancy. Halifax: HalifaxSchool Board, 1980.

The Captain, The Colonel and Me: Bedford,Nova Scotia Since 1503 by Elsie ChurchillTolson. Bedford: Fort Sackville FoundationPress, 1996.

Cries at Kinsac Corner: and Other Legends. Halifax: Privately printed, 1977?.

Footprints Around and About Bedford Basin:A District Brimful of Romantic Associations:Some Interesting Facts About Its EarlyHistory, by George Mullane. [s.l. : s.n., 19–?].

Growing Up in Bedford, 1914-1930, byMarion Robb Christie. Bedford: Marion Christie,2000.

HRM’s Historic Communities (cont.)

http://www.halifaxpubliclibraries.ca/ahmonth/resourcelist.pdf

Birch Cove

“Birch Cove” in Report of Historic SitesAdvisory Council, by the Province of NovaScotia, 5. Halifax: Queen’s Printer, 1957.


Footprints Around and About Bedford Basin:A District Brimful of Romantic Associations:Some Interesting Facts About Its EarlyHistory, by George Mullane. [s.l. : s.n., 19–?].

Black Point

St. Margaret’s Bay: An Historical Album,Peggy’s Cove-Hubbards, by Alfreda Withrow.Halifax: Nimbus, 1997.

Blind Bay

Haulin’ in the Family Net: Terence Bay,Prospect, Shad Bay, Blind Bay, Dover, byLinda Gray-LeBlanc. Spryfield: Linda Gray-LeBlanc, 1999.

Boutiliers Point


Brookvale


Caribou Gold Mines

Caribou Gold Mines, 1864-1990, by EleanorM. Belmore. Upper Musquodoboit: E.M.Belmore, 1990.

Markland in Nova Scotia. Caribou GoldMines: The Icelandic Memorial Society of NovaScotia, 2000. [videorecording].

Markland Remembrance of the Years 1875-1881, by Gudbrandur Erlendsson. UpperMusquodoboit: Icelandic Memorial Society ofNova Scotia, 2000.


Chaplin


Chaswood


Cherry Brook

Struggle For Development: The BlackCommunities of North and East Preston andCherry Brook, Nova Scotia, 1784-1987, byMohamed Hagi Abucar. Dartmouth: BlackCultural Centre for Nova Scotia, 1988.

Chezzetcook

Acadian Life in Chezzetcook, by RonaldLabelle. Lawrencetown: Pottersfield Press, 1995.

Along the Shore, by Marine Highway HistoricalSociety. [s.l]: The Society, 1982.

Genealogies of the Families of Chezzetcook,12 Volumes, by F.J. Melanson. Halifax: F.J.Melanson, 1981-82.

Lakes, Salt Marshes and the Narrow GreenStrip: Some Historic Buildings in Dartmouthand Halifax County’s Eastern Shore. Halifax:Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia, 1979.

Rambling Memories, by Helen M. Jennex. [s.l.: s.n.], 1977.

Clam Harbour

The Gull’s Cry. [s.l.]: The Society, 1984.

Haulin’ in the Family Net: Ship Harbour,Owl’s Head, Little Harbour, DeBaie’s Cove,Clam Harbour, Lake Charlotte, Clam Bay, byLinda Gray-LeBlanc. Spryfield: Linda Gray-LeBlanc, 1999.

More Tales of the Yesteryears. Book Two, byMrs E.S. Williams. W.Jeddore: G.E. Forsythe,1980.



Cole Harbour

Along the Cole Harbour Road: A Journey

Through 1765-2003, by Harry Chapman. Dartmouth: Cole Harbour Rural Heritage Society,2003.

Cole Harbour Pioneers, Volume One: The

Giles Family, by Rod. Nixon. Cole Harbour:Rod and Frances Nixon, 1980.

Cole Harbour 1749-1992: An Historical

Perspective, by Victor L. Settle. Cole Harbour:The Author, 1995.

Lakes, Salt Marshes and the Narrow GreenStrip: Some Historic Buildings in Dartmouth

and Halifax County’s Eastern Shore. Halifax:Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia, 1979.

A Tale of Two Dykes: The Story of Cole

Harbour, by Margaret Kuhn Campbell.Hantsport: Lancelot Press, 1979.

Cooks Brook

Memories: Musquodoboit Valley, Nova

Scotia, by Roberta Annand. [s.l. : s.n., 198?].

Cow Bay

Haulin’ in the Family Net: McNab’s Island,Eastern Passage, Cow Bay, Devil’s Island,

Lawlor’s Island, by Linda Gray-LeBlanc. Spryfield: Linda Gray-LeBlanc, 1999.

The View From Here: An Oral History ofEastern Passage, 1864-1945, by Joe Brown. Shearwater: Shearwater DevelopmentCorporation, 1998.

Crystal Crescent

A Vanished Village: Crystal Crescent,Formerly, Coote Cove, by H. Millard Wright. [S.l.: s.n., 1999.

Dartmouth

A Dartmouth Bibliography, 1750-1961, byFiona Black. Halifax: School of Library andInformation Studies, 1992.

Dartmouth Nova Scotia: The Great Harbour. Halifax: John Quinpool, 1942.

A Goodly Heritage: Memories of North EndDartmouth, Early 1900s, by Ian K. Forsyth. Dartmouth: Dartmouth Historical Assoc., 2002.

Historic Dartmouth: Reflections of Early Life,by Mike Parker. Halifax: Nimbus, 1998.

History of Dartmouth and Halifax Harbour,1415-1800, by Douglas William Trider. Dartmouth: Douglas Trider, 1999.

History of Dartmouth/District Families andHalifax Harbour, 1800 to1850, by DouglasWilliam Trider. Dartmouth: Douglas Trider,2001.

History of Dartmouth/District Families andHalifax Harbour, 1851 to 1873, by DouglasWilliam Trider. Dartmouth: Douglas Trider,2003.

History of Dartmouth/District Families andHalifax Harbour, 1873 to 1900, by DouglasWilliam Trider. Dartmouth: Douglas Trider,2003.

History of the Townships of Dartmouth,Preston and Lawrencetown, Halifax County,Nova Scotia, by Mary Jane Lawson. Halifax:Morton and Co., 1893.

In the Wake of the Alderney: Dartmouth,Nova Scotia, 1750-2000, by Harry Chapman. Dartmouth: Dartmouth Historical Association,2000.


Stories of Dartmouth: The Babes in theWood, with a Road Guide to the Graves ofthe Children at Woodlawn, by John PatrickMartin. Halifax: [s.n.], 1944.

The Story of Dartmouth, by John PatrickMartin. Dartmouth: J. Martin, 1957.

The Story of the Dartmouth Park, by G.S.Gosley. Dartmouth: [s.n., 1985?].

Dean




DeBaies Cove

Haulin’ in the Family Net: Ship Harbour,Owl’s Head, Little Harbour, DeBaies Cove,Clam Harbour, Lake Charlotte, Clam Bay, byLinda Gray-LeBlanc. Spryfield: Linda Gray-LeBlanc, 1999.

Devils Island

“Devil’s Island” by Kate Langan. The Beaver(August-September, 1998): 34-39.

Haulin’ in the Family Net: McNab’s Island,Eastern Passage, Cow Bay, Devil’s Island,Lawlor’s Island, by Linda Gray-LeBlanc. Spryfield: Linda Gray-LeBlanc, 1999.

“Summer on the Island” by Kate Langan. Shunpiking 3, no. 4 (1998): 6-7.

Time in a Bottle: Historic Halifax Harbourfrom the Bottom Up, by Robert Chaulk. EastLawrencetown: Pottersfield Press, 2002.

Dover, East and West

Haulin’ in the Family Net: Terence Bay,

Prospect, Shad Bay, Blind Bay, Dover, byLinda Gray-LeBlanc. Spryfield: Linda Gray-LeBlanc, 1999.

The History of Indian Harbour, by LillianCrooks. Indian Harbour: Lillian Crooks, 2004.

Duncans Cove

“Fishing, Military Settled ShorelineCommunities,” by Peter Saulnier. Chebucto

News 1, no. 5 (1999): 5.

Haulin’ in the Family Net: Sambro, KetchHarbour, Pennant, Duncan’s Cove,Portuguese Cove, Ferguson’s Cove, by LindaGray-LeBlanc. Spryfield: Linda Gray-LeBlanc,1999.

Dutch Settlement

“The Estates and Haunts of Dutch Village”, byTerry Punch. Nova Scotia Historical QuarterlySpecial Supplement (1975):1-17.

The Little Dutch Village: Armdale &Fairview, by Devonna Edwards. Halifax:Nimbus, 2003.

Sketches and Traditions of the NorthwestArm, by John W. Regan. Willowdale: HounslowPress, 1978.

Eastern Passage


History of Eastern Passage. [s.l.]: DartmouthPatriot, 1901.

The View From Here: An Oral History ofEastern Passage, 1864-1945, by Joe Brown. Shearwater: Shearwater Devel. Corp., 1998.

Ecum Secum

Where Broad Atlantic Surges Roll: A Historyof Beaver Harbour, Port Dufferin, Quoddy,Harrigan Cove, Moose Head, Moser River,Necum Teuch, and Ecum Secum, by Phillip L.Hartling. Antigonish: Formac, 1979.

Elderbank


Recollections of Little River-Elderbank,1783-1983. Hantsport: Lancelot Press, 1984.

Elmsvale


Fairview

“Birch Cove” in Report of Historic SitesAdvisory Council, by the Province of NovaScotia, 5. Halifax: Queen’s Printer, 1957.


Footprints Around and About Bedford Basin:A District Brimful of Romantic Associations:Some Interesting Facts About Its EarlyHistory, by George Mullane. [S.l: s.n., 19_?].

The Little Dutch Village: Armdale andFairview, by Devonna Edwards. Halifax:Nimbus, 2003.


Fall River

Dear Reader: The History of Fall River and

Windsor Junction. Hantsport: Lancelot, 1989.

The Way It Used to Be: The Stories of FallRiver and Windsor Junction. Fall River:Historical Society of Fall River and WindsorJunction, 1997.

Fergusons Cove


French Village

As the Last Leaf Fell: From Montbéliard tothe Head of Saint Margaret’s Bay: An

Illustrated History, by Barbara Peart. Tantallon: Barbara Peart, 2001.

St. Margaret’s Bay: An Historical Album,

Peggy’s Cove-Hubbards, by Alfreda Withrow.Halifax: Nimbus, 1997.

Georges Island

Georges Island: The Keep of Halifax

Harbour, by Dianne Marshall. Halifax: Nimbus,2003.

Glen Haven



Glen Margaret



Glenmore


Goffs

History Along the Old Guysborough Road, byM. Noreen E. Gray. Enfield: The Authors, 1987.

Hacketts Cove



Halifax

Beyond the North West Arm: A Local Historyof Williams’ Lake, Halifax, Nova Scotia, byHeather Watts. [s.l : s.n.], 1994.

Chapters in the History of Halifax, NovaScotia, by Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton. [s.l.: s.n.], 1915-1919.

Chronology of Halifax, Nova Scotia, by BrentRobson. Halifax: Halifax Regional MunicipalityCorporate Library, 2000.

The Dark Side of Life in Victorian Halifax, byJudith Fingard. Porter’s Lake: Pottersfield Press,1989.

Edwardian Halifax: Postcard Glimpses of anEra, 1900-1920, by Dan Soucoup. Halifax:Nimbus, 1998.

Fortress Halifax: Portrait of a GarrisonTown, by Mike Parker. Halifax: Nimbus, 2004.

Glimpses of Halifax, 1867-1900, by Phyllis R.Blakeley. Halifax: The Archives, 1949.

Halifax and Its People, 1749-1999: Imagesfrom the Nova Scotia Archives and RecordsManagement. Halifax: Nimbus, 1999.

Halifax, Cornerstone of Canada, by Joan M.Payzant. Burlington: Windsor Publications,1985.

Halifax, the First 250 Years, by Judith Fingard. Halifax: Formac, 1999.

Halifax, Warden of the North, by ThomasHead. Raddall. Toronto: McClelland andStewart, 1948.

Halifax’s North End: An Anthropologist

Looks at the City, by Paul A. Erickson. Hantsport: Lancelot Press, 1986.

Halifax’s Northwest Arm: An Illustrated

History, by Heather Watts. Halifax: Formac,2003.

Halifax: South End, by James Cornall. Charleston: Arcadia, 1998.


Halifax (cont.)

Historic Halifax, by Elizabeth Pacey. Willowdale: Hounslow Press, 1988.

Historic North End Halifax, by Paul A.Erickson. Halifax: Nimbus, 2004.

History of Halifax City, by Thomas BeamishAkins. Halifax: [s.n.], 1895.

In Halifax Town: On Going For a Walk inHalifax, Nova Scotia, by Louis Collins. Halifax: L.Collins, 1975.

The Little Dutch Village: Armdale &Fairview, by Devonna Edwards. Halifax:Nimbus, 2003.

Point Pleasant Park: An Illustrated History,by Janet Kitz. Halifax: Pleasant Point Publishing,1999.

Sketches and Traditions of the NorthwestArm, by John W. Regan. Willowdale:Hounslow, 1978.


Hammonds Plains

“Black Refugee Communities in Early NineteenthCentury Nova Scotia”, by Harvey AmaniWhitfield. Journal of the Royal Nova ScotiaHistorical Society 6 (2003): 92-109.

“Early Pioneers”: A Heritage of Faith andCourage, Upper Hammonds Plains, NovaScotia. [s.l. : s.n.], 1978.

Hammonds Plains: The First Hundred Years,by Dorothy Bezanson Evans. Halifax: BountyPrint, 1993.

Harrietsfield

Beyond the North West Arm: A Local Historyof Williams Lake, Halifax, Nova Scotia, byHeather Watts. [S.l: s.n.], 1994.


“Harrietsfield’s History Contained EntertainmentElements”, by Peter Saulnier. Chebucto News6, no 1 (1999): 3.

Memories of Harrietsfield: A Series ofArticles, by Eric Salmonson. [Halifax: MainlandSouth Heritage Society], 2001.

“The Settling of Harrietsfield”, by Peter Saulnier. Chebucto News 1, no. 4 (1999): 4.

Harrigan Cove

Where Broad Atlantic Surges Roll: A Historyof Beaver Harbour, Port Dufferin, Quoddy,Harrigan Cove, Moose Head, Moser River,Necum Teuch, and Ecum Secum, by Phillip L.Hartling. Formac: Antigonish, 1979.

Head of St. Margarets Bay

As the Last Leaf Fell: From Montbéliard tothe Head of Saint Margaret’s Bay: AnIllustrated History, by Barbara Peart. Tantallon: Barbara Peart, 2001.

St. Margaret’s Bay: A History, by AlfredaWithrow. [Halifax], Four East Publications, 1985.


St. Margaret’s Bay Heritage Calendar. [s.l. :District 1 Volunteer Fire Department, 198?].

Herring Cove

Discovering Our Past from Armdale toPennant: A Series of Articles, by Iris V. Shea.Halifax: Mainland South Heritage Society, 2000.

Then and Now: Research by the Students ofHerring Cove Junior High School Into theHistory of the Local Area. Halifax: NormanWade Ltd, [198?].

Higginsville



Hubbards


Hubley


Hutchison Settlement

Memories: Musquodoboit Valley, NovaScotia, by Roberta Annand. [s.l.: s.n., 198?].

Indian Harbour



Ingramport


Jeddore (East, West and Head)

Along the Shore, by Marine Highway HistoricalSociety. [s.l.]: The Society, 1982.

Backward Glances, by Helen M. Jennex. [s.l. :s.n.], 1979.


Haulin’ in the Family Net: Oyster Pond,Upper Lakeville, West Jeddore, EastJeddore, Head Jeddore, by Linda Gray-LeBlanc. Spryfield: Linda Gray-LeBlanc, 1999.



Reminiscence, by Helen M. Jennex. [s.l. : s.n.],1976.

Tales of the Yesteryears. Book One, by Mrs.E.S. Williams. W. Jeddore: G.E. Forsythe,1979.

Jollimore

Beyond the North West Arm: A Local Historyof Williams’ Lake, Halifax, Nova Scotia, byHeather Watts. [s.l: s.n.], 1994.


Sketches and Traditions of the NorthwestArm, by John W. Regan. Willowdale: HounslowPress, 1978.

Ketch Harbour


“Fishing, Military Settled ShorelineCommunities”, by Peter Saulnier. ChebuctoNews 1, no. 5 (1999): 5.


Lake Charlotte


Lake Egmont



Lawlors Island


McNabs Island, Halifax Harbour, NovaScotia: An Historical Overview, by BrianKinsman. Halifax: Nova Scotia Department ofNatural Resources, 1996.


Lawrencetown


Lay Lake



Lindsay Lake



Little Harbour


McNabs Island

Discover McNab’s Island. Halifax: Friends ofMcNabs Island Society, 1995.


McNab’s Island, Halifax Harbour, NovaScotia: An Historical Overview, by BrianKinsman. Halifax: Nova Scotia Dept. of NaturalResources, 1996.

View from the Bucket, by Jean Redekopp.Frederiction: Maritimes Arts Projects Productions,1996.

Meaghers Grant


Middle Musquodoboit

Leaves from the Whip-Handle Tree, by E.M.Deyarmond. [s.l. : s.n.], 1974.


Musquodoboit Pioneers: A Record of SeventyFamilies, Their Homesteads andGenealogies, 1780-1980, by Jennie Reid.Musquodoboit: Musquodoboit EnterprisesHistorical Committee, 1980.

Reflections of the Halifax County Exhibition:A History of the Halifax County Exhibitionand the Middle Musquodoboit Agricultural

Society . [s.l., Middle Musq. Agricultural Society,2002].

The Whip-Handle Tree, by E. M. Deyarmond. [s.l. : s.n.], 1972.

Moosehead

Where Broad Atlantic Surges Roll: A Historyof Beaver Harbour, Port Dufferin, Quoddy,Harrigan Cove, Moose Head, Moser River,

Necum Teuch, and Ecum Secum, by Phillip L.Hartling. Formac: Antigonish, 1979.

Mooseland


Markland Remembrance of the Years 1875-

1881, by Gudbrandur Erlendsson. Dartmouth:Print Atlantic, 2000.


Moose River

It Happened at Moose River, by David E.Stephens. Windsor: Lancelot Press, 1974.


Scotia, by Roberta Annand. [s.l. : s.n., [198?].

Moose River Gold Mines

A History of Moose River Gold Mines: Its

People, Its Mines and Its Times, by Forrest C.Higgins. Amherst: Modern Memoirs Pub., 2002.

Moser River

History of Moser’s River and Other Stories,by Winifred Lowe. Nova Scotia: W. Lowe, 1978.





Murphys Cove


Haulin’ in the Family Net: Pope’s Harbour,Murphy’s Cove, Spry Harbour, Mushaboom,Tangier, Spry Bay, by Linda Gray-LeBlanc. Spryfield: Linda Gray-LeBlanc, 1999.

Mushaboom



Musquodoboit Harbour



Lakes, Salt Marshes and the Narrow GreenStrip: Some Historic Buildings in Dartmouthand Halifax County’s Eastern Shore, by theHeritage Trust of Nova Scotia. Halifax: HeritageTrust of Nova Scotia, 1979.

Memories: Musquodoboit Valley, NovaScotia, by Roberta Annand. [s.l. : s.n., [198?].

Necum Teuch



Newcomb Corner


Oakfield

“Oakfield and Its Founder”, by Margaret Laurie. Collections of the Nova Scotia HistoricalSociety Volume 24, (1938):175-190.

Ostrea Lake


Tales of the Yesteryears. Book One, by Mrs.E.S. Williams. W. Jeddore: G.E. Forsythe, 1979.

Owls Head



Owls Head (cont.)



Oyster Pond









Peggys Cove


Peggy’s Cove, by John Frederick Bligh Livesay. Toronto: Ryerson, 1944.

Peggy’s Cove: Its People, Its Beauty and ItsHistory. Halifax: Global Video Inc, 1991[videorecording].


Pennant



Petpeswick Harbour


Pleasant Point



Pleasant Valley


Popes Harbour



Port Dufferin





Porters Lake

History of Porter’s Lake, by Lena Ferguson. West Chezzetcook: L. Ferguson, 1990.

Portuguese Cove



Preston

“Black Refugee Communities in Early NineteenthCentury Nova Scotia”, by Harvey AmaniWhitfield. Journal of the Royal Nova ScotiaHistorical Society 6 (2003): 92-109.


Struggle For Development: The BlackCommunities of North and East Preston andCherry Brook, Nova Scotia, 1784-1987, byMohamed Hagi Abucar. Dartmouth: BlackCultural Centre for Nova Scotia, 1988.

Prospect

Fourteen Decades in Prospect, 1794-1929. Halifax: Edward J. McCarthy, 1929.


Purcells Cove

Purcell’s Cove: The Little Place that HelpBuild Halifax City, by Elsie Millington. Victoria: S. Millington, 2000.

Queensland


Quoddy


Sable Island

A Dune Adrift: The Strange Origins andCurious History of Sable Island, by Marq deVilliers. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart,2004.

Sable Island, by Bruce Armstrong. Toronto:Doubleday Canada, 1981.

Sable Island, Its History and Phenomena, byGeorge Geddie Patterson. Toronto: CanadianaHouse, 1984.

Sable Island Shipwrecks: Disaster andSurvival at the North Atlantic Graveyard, byLyall Campbell. Halifax: Nimbus, 1994.

Shifting Sands, by Jack Zinck. Dartmouth: T &T Pub. Co., 1979.

Sackville (Upper, Middle and Lower)

Cries at Kinsac Corner: And Other Legends. Halifax: Privately Printed, 1977?.

Historic Sackville, by Robert Paton Harvey. Halifax: Nimbus, 2002.

“Where Currant Bushes Grew: An Introduction tothe Sackville Fultzes,” by Robert Paton Harvey.Nova Scotia Historical Review 2, no. 1(1982): 74-85.

Sambro


“Fishing, Military Settled ShorelineCommunities”, by Peter Saulnier. ChebuctoNews 1, no. 5, (1999): 5.



Seabright


Shad Bay


Sheet Harbour




Sheet Harbour: A Local History, by James E.Rutledge. Halifax: W. Macnab & Son, 1954.

Sheet Harbour: From the Notes of an OldWoodsman, by Howard Coady. Hantsport:Lancelot Press, 1988.

“The Sheet Harbour Loyalist Settlement of 1784and Hiram’s Lodge No.8" by Jackie Logan.Nova Scotia Historical Review 15, no.1(1995): 118-126.

Ship Harbour








South Section


Spry Bay



Spryfield

Beyond the North West Arm: A Local Historyof Williams’ Lake, Halifax, Nova Scotia, byHeather Watts. [s.l. : s.n.], 1994.


Discovering Our Past Spryfield, by Iris. V.Shea. [Halifax]: Mainland South HeritageSociety, 2000.

Mainland South Heritage Calendar. Halifax:Mainland South Heritage Society, 1993-2000.

Tangier


The Gull’s Cry, by Marine Highway HistoricalSociety. [s.l.]: The Society, 1984.



Tantallon


Terence Bay

Saga of Terence Bay, by Stella Maris. [s.l. :s.n., 19–?].


Upper Lakeville






Upper Musquodoboit

Leaves from the Whip-Handle Tree, by E.M.Deyarmond. [s.l. : s.n.], 1974.

Memories: Musquodoboit Valley, Nova Scotia,by Roberta Annand. [s.l. : s.n., 198?].

Musquodoboit Pioneers: A Record of SeventyFamilies, Their Homesteads and

Genealogies, 1780-1980, by Jennie Reid. Musquodoboit: Musquodoboit EnterprisesHistorical Committee, 1980.

The Whip-Handle Tree by E. M. Deyarmond. [s.l. : s.n.], 1972.

Watt Section

Lakes, Salt Marshes and the Narrow GreenStrip: Some Historic Buildings in Dartmouthand Halifax County’s Eastern Shore, by theHeritage Trust of Nova Scotia. Halifax: HeritageTrust of Nova Scotia, 1979.

Waverley

Cries at Kinsac Corner: and Other Legends. Halifax: Privately printed, 1977?

Gold: The Wealth of Waverley, by JohnHartlen. Hantsport: Lancelot Press, 1988.

This is Waverley, Nova Scotia, by Ida B. Clark. Waverley: Waverley Home and SchoolAssociation, 1960.

Waverley: Then and Now, Commemorating125 Years Since the First Discovery of gold inWaverley. Waverley: Waverley RatepayersAssociation, 1986.

Windsor Junction

Dear Reader: The History of Fall River andWindsor Junction. Hantsport: Lancelot Press,1989.

The Way It Used to Be: The Stories of FallRiver and Windsor Junction. Fall River: Historical Society of Fall River and WindsorJunction, 1997.

Wyses Corner

History Along the Old Guysborough Road, byM. Noreen E. Gray. Enfield: The Authors,1987.


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