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.E. 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 room for the ferry MV Kipawo. Today the harbour is home to a statue of pioneering railway builder Vernon Smith.

Gallery

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  Wolfville Harbour circa 1913.

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  Track Chart of Wolfville showing the wharves and wharf spurs, 1918.

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  Aerial view of Wolfville showing the Wolfville Station, freight shed and wharf sheds, 1931.

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

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  West side of the Wolfville Station with wharf sheds in background, August 1974.

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  Vernon Smith statue in Wolfville, at the site of the old Wolfville Wharves, 2018.