Walton Harbour Lighthouse

by Bruce Nutting

Title

Walton Harbour Lighthouse

Artist

Bruce Nutting

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Painting - Digital

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Walton is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Municipal District of East Hants, Nova Scotia. The community is named after James Walton Nutting. (Maybe one of my relatives. :-)

German freighter in port, 1958. The Port of Walton is no longer active.
Acadians lived in the village before the Expulsion of the Acadians. At that time the community was named Petit Rivier. The Acadians built dykes and four dwellings.

Later settled by New England Planters and Loyalists, Walton became a shipbuilding centre in the 19th century. Among the large vessels built was the namesake barque Walton built in 1855. Many of the ships built in Walton were used to carry gypsum and later barite which was mined locally. The Walton barite mine (1941-1978) was the largest producer in Canada.

A Walton lighthouse was built in 1873 and still marks its presence along the coastline. The Walton Lighthouse aided ships into the port of Walton for many years until the shipping industry declined in the 1970s and now the lighthouse is a heritage landmark of Nova Scotia.

The original barite wharf in Walton was burned down by arson on August 9, 2012. (Wikipedia)

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