Eatonville, Nova Scotia

Eatonville is a former lumber and shipbuilding village in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. It includes a large tidal harbour at the mouth of the Eatonville River beside several dramatic sea stacks known as the "Three Sisters". It was founded in 1864 and abandoned in the 1930s. The village had a population of 350 people in its peak years. A shipyard and large sawmill were located at the harbour while the main village, known as "the Old Town" was located a mile inland. The two were connected by a "tramway", a horse-drawn pole railway. It is now part of Cape Chignecto Provincial Park and crossed by the park's main backpacking trail. A wilderness interpretation centre and walking trails at Eatonville are under construction and scheduled to open in the fall of 2008.

References

*Barbara Robertson, "Sawpower: Making Lumber in the Sawmills of Nova Scotia", Halifax, Nimbus Publishing and the Nova Scotia Museum (1986), pages 99-100.
*Tom McCoag, "Cash for Cape Chignecto", "Halifax Chronicle Herald", July 16, 2008, p. B4.
* [http://www.capechignecto.net/overview/history.htm "History", "Cape Chignecto Provincial Park Web Site"]