by bayfielddesigns | Feb 7, 2023 | Historical Information
Here is a notice from the Little River Pier Company: A Public Meeting of the inhabitants of the County of Sydney will be held at the store of Christopher McDonald, Esq. Pomket Forks, on Saturday the 2nd of July next at 10 o’clock for the purpose of organizing a...
by bayfielddesigns | Feb 5, 2023 | Historical Information
Small Pomquet Island, lies just off Pomquet Point near Bayfield. The island, whose name was spelled Pomket in government records between 1868 and 1877 and is known locally as Bayfield Island, is roughly 600 metres long and 250 metres wide. A reef that links the...
by bayfielddesigns | Feb 1, 2023 | Historical Information
Originally called Little River, the name was changed to Bayfield in 1864 in honor of Henry W. Bayfield, an English naval officer who surveyed and charted coastal locations in Nova Scotia. The river supplied the power for a grist mill, saw mill and carding mill....
