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Woodville, Nova Scotia

Woodville with l to r the North Mountain Fruit Co, the station, the Herbert Oyler, the McLean-Wood-Foote and the W. B. Burgess warehouses, May 1931.

Subdivision Weston, Mile 7.1

Station, travelling agent, Mile 7.1

Siding by station serving apple warehouses, 18 cars and engine,

Commerce and Industry

Apple Warehouses:[1]

  • W. B. Burgess/Chase Company/North Mountain Fruit Company warehouse, 25,000 barrel capacity (1927) - south of tracks on 724 feet/14 car spur
  • Herbert Oyler Woodville warehouse, 10,000 barrel capacity (1927) and McLean-Wood-Foote brick tile warehouse, 10,000 barrel capacity (1927) on station siding, north side of tracks
  • North Mountain Fruit Co warehouse, 15,000 barrel capacity (1927) and spur west of road, north side of tracks

History

Located in the fertile land along the North Mountain, Woodville was settled in the early 1800s by New England Planters who were spreading westward from their initial settlements in the Canning area. First known as Kinsmans Corner, after the Kinsman family who ran an early store at the crosroads, it was renamed "Woodville" in 1864 by residents who voted to name it after Samuel Wood, an early settler. Woodville was home to several major apple growers including Howard Bligh, W. B. Burgess and Robert Leslie, the latter owned the North Mountain Fruit Company and became a major proponent of centralized apple marketing. They were succeeded in later years by the Boates and Foote families as important apple growers. The arrival of the North Mountain Railway in 1914 quickly led to four large apple warehouses being constructed as well as the Woodville Station. The station served as both a waiting room and home to the section foreman and his family, Maynard Veinot. Rail service ended in 1961. The station continued to serve as a dwelling for a number of families until it was demolished for salvage. All four apple warehouses remain. Three serve various farm uses while the North Mountain Fruit Company warehouse was converted to a home.[2]

Gallery

  • Woodville with l to r the North Mountain Fruit Co, the station, the Herbert Oyler, the McLean-Wood-Foote and the W. B. Burgess warehouses, May 1931.

  • Woodville Station, September 16, 1962.

  • The McLean-Wood-Foote warehouse, Woodville, Oct. 2007.

  • McLean-Wood-Foote brick tile warehouse, left and Herbert Oyler Woodville warehouse, right, Oct. 2007.

  • Herbert Oyler Woodville warehouse, Oct. 2007.

  • Herbert Oyler Woodville warehouse, ventilator detail Oct. 2007.

  • The McLean-Wood-Foote warehouse, end wall detail, Woodville, Oct. 2007.

  • The McLean-Wood-Foote warehouse, window detail, Woodville, Oct. 2007.

  • The McLean-Wood-Foote warehouse, wall vent detail, Woodville, Oct. 2007.

  • The McLean-Wood-Foote warehouse, door and window, detail, Woodville, Oct. 2007.

  • The McLean-Wood-Foote warehouse, loading doors, Woodville, Oct. 2007.

  • Warehouse, Woodville, Oct. 2007.

  • Warehouse, Woodville, Oct. 2007.

References and Footnotes

  • Dominion Atlantic Railway Employee Time Table September 25, 1949, Library and Archives Canada, PMP - HE.2804 DC
  • 1915 North Mountain Line Track Profile, Property Map, Kentville Land Registry Office

External Links

  1. ↑ Dominion Atlantic Railway, DAR Chart of Apple and Produce Warehouses, February 23, 1927
  2. ↑ Elizabeth M. Clarke, The Weston Branch and Margaretville in Nova Scotia pages 10, 21-23
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