| White Haven- A fishing settlement 
          in the township of Wilmot, county of Guysborough. This was originally 
          intended to be the terminus of the intercolonial railway, surveys with 
          that object in mind having been made 20 years ago. The harbor is one 
          of the finest on the coast, being both spacious and free from ice during 
          the winter. White head at it's entrance, is the first land on the Nova 
          Scotia coast seen by vessels from Europe. Distant from New Glasgow, 
          a station of the Nova Scotia railway, 80 miles, from Guysborough 30 
          miles, and from Halifax 105 miles. Mail bi-weekly. Population about 
          350. |