Does anyone know if Three Mile Plains was called Three Mile House in 1856?
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Three Mile House
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downeastrailfan
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Three Mile House
Matthew Keoughan
Dartmouth, NS
Keeping the memory alive of the famous "Land of Evangeline Route".
Dartmouth, NS
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Dan Conlin
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Re: Three Mile House
Hi Matt,
Looks like the tragic snow clearing train didn't get too far. Three Mile House was located at what is today that big messy interchange beside the Fairview container terminal. You can see it marked on one of those great maps that Alan Taylor has uploaded: http://www.dardpi.ca/wiki/images/HalifaxWest1878.jpg
It also shows up on earlier maps such as Woolford's 1818 map of the road from Halifax to Windsor. Three Mile House was an Inn run by a Mr. Shaw, a prominent inn keeper who became a MLA. It got its name as it was three miles from the start of the city, where the Windsor Road (today's Windsor Road) left the Halifax Commons. The 1818 map also shows the Tannery just northwest of Three Mile House where the fatal derailment actually took place. There were a whole series of Inns with names like this. Ten Mile House still stands beside right beside the Mcdonald's in Bedford right beside the CN mainline. It is a bicycle shop today. All these Inns were Halifax centric in their names Three Mile Plains was a more local Windsor name that eventually sunk in, especially as it became an important African Nova Scotian settlement for the many freed slaves who escaped from the Americans in the War of 1812 and settled there. There was an Inn at Three Mile plains but it was simply called Burdain's Inn. The railway put many of these Inns out of business. Info, maps and some pictures from these Inns are found in Joan Dawson's book "Nova Scotia's Lost Highways", pages 22-23 and page 45.
OK, probably more than you needed to know, but I find these old landmarks fascinating!
Dan
Looks like the tragic snow clearing train didn't get too far. Three Mile House was located at what is today that big messy interchange beside the Fairview container terminal. You can see it marked on one of those great maps that Alan Taylor has uploaded: http://www.dardpi.ca/wiki/images/HalifaxWest1878.jpg
It also shows up on earlier maps such as Woolford's 1818 map of the road from Halifax to Windsor. Three Mile House was an Inn run by a Mr. Shaw, a prominent inn keeper who became a MLA. It got its name as it was three miles from the start of the city, where the Windsor Road (today's Windsor Road) left the Halifax Commons. The 1818 map also shows the Tannery just northwest of Three Mile House where the fatal derailment actually took place. There were a whole series of Inns with names like this. Ten Mile House still stands beside right beside the Mcdonald's in Bedford right beside the CN mainline. It is a bicycle shop today. All these Inns were Halifax centric in their names Three Mile Plains was a more local Windsor name that eventually sunk in, especially as it became an important African Nova Scotian settlement for the many freed slaves who escaped from the Americans in the War of 1812 and settled there. There was an Inn at Three Mile plains but it was simply called Burdain's Inn. The railway put many of these Inns out of business. Info, maps and some pictures from these Inns are found in Joan Dawson's book "Nova Scotia's Lost Highways", pages 22-23 and page 45.
OK, probably more than you needed to know, but I find these old landmarks fascinating!
Dan
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downeastrailfan
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Re: Three Mile House
I knew you'd have the answer, Dan. Thanks!
Matthew Keoughan
Dartmouth, NS
Keeping the memory alive of the famous "Land of Evangeline Route".
Dartmouth, NS
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VBergmann
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Re: Three Mile House
Hi, hope this isn't getting too far off topic, but I'm a descendant of Increase Ward who was the 3rd owner of Three Mile House Inn. I've been trying to track down who exactly the previous owners' were for my research. You mention Isaiah Shaw in your post. Is he the one who was the MLA for Granville, Annapollis Cty? Isn't that far away for him to build an inn? Also, that man's genealogy pages that I have found never mention him being an innkeeper. So, perhaps it's a different Isaiah Shaw, MLA?
Also, I understand the second owner to be a Mr. Duncan McDougall. Again, there are plenty of options for that name at that time period in Nova Scotia, so I'm hoping you may know who he was or where I could dig to find that information out.
Thanks in advance! Loved finding and reading your little synopsis of the inn's history.
Another ancestor of mine happened to own the Ten Mile House Inn as well... they were brothers Increase Ward ran Three Mile and James ran Ten Mile! Their father Simobn Ward had an inn in Newport, Hants County.
Also, I understand the second owner to be a Mr. Duncan McDougall. Again, there are plenty of options for that name at that time period in Nova Scotia, so I'm hoping you may know who he was or where I could dig to find that information out.
Thanks in advance! Loved finding and reading your little synopsis of the inn's history.
Another ancestor of mine happened to own the Ten Mile House Inn as well... they were brothers Increase Ward ran Three Mile and James ran Ten Mile! Their father Simobn Ward had an inn in Newport, Hants County.
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VBergmann
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Re: Three Mile House
Does anyone happen to know if the original owner of Three Mile House was the MLA for Granville, Nova Scotia? I know Dan mentions he became an MLA. It's just that there was more than one Isaiah Shaw who was an MLA in NS.
I'm also curious which Duncan McDougall bought it from him and sold it to my gg uncle Increase WARD in 1830. There were a couple of fellows with that name kicking around Halifax at that time also.
Increase Ward's brother was the owner of the 10 Mile House, and their father Simon Ward was an innkeeper as well in Newport, Hants County, NS.
Thanks if anyone has any info on this. Sorry if it's a bit off topic for this forum.
I'm also curious which Duncan McDougall bought it from him and sold it to my gg uncle Increase WARD in 1830. There were a couple of fellows with that name kicking around Halifax at that time also.
Increase Ward's brother was the owner of the 10 Mile House, and their father Simon Ward was an innkeeper as well in Newport, Hants County, NS.
Thanks if anyone has any info on this. Sorry if it's a bit off topic for this forum.