Wolfville Wharves

Wolfville Wharves

Wolfville was proud to have one of the smallest registered harbours in the world. The small basin of "Mud Creek" offered crowded but sheltered berths for schooners, large and small, as well as coastal steamships and the DAR's own MV Kipawo. THE DAR mainline traversed the south side of the harbour. A complex of private wharves at the west side of the harbour was crowded with sheds from several merchants, especially R.A. Harris, and was served by west-facing two spurs: a 780 foot spur and a 900 foot spur. A government wharf on the south side of the harbour included a waiting for the ferry MV Kipawo. Today the harbour is home to a statue of pioneering railway builder Vernon Smith.

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  Wolfville looking west with the Wolfville Fruit Company warehouse at left; the British Canadian Fruit Company warehouse at centre; and the Wolfville Wharves on right, 1932.