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Glen Haven, Nova Scotia
Glen Haven is a small coastal community within the Halifax
Regional Municipality, about 40 km from Halifax city centre. It is situated on the shore of the St.
Margarets Bay immediately adjacent to Lower Tantallon and French
Village along Route 333, also known as Peggy's Cove Road.
It was once a part of French Village and was settled around 1785 by
a number of Foreign Protestants from Lunenburg County. Around 1900,
Gordon Hubley organized a petition to create a separate community
with a new name - and its own post office. Glen Haven was chosen to
reflect the natural beauty of the area. Family names of settlers
including Boutilier, Hubley and Dauphinee can still be found in the
bay area.
Within the community is a peninsula that stretches into the bay
called Indian Point. At the tip are two small islands: Big Indian
Island and Little Indian Island. All three are so named because of
arrowheads that have been found there in the past, suggesting that
this was once a Mi'kmaq summer camping ground. Big Indian island is
also popularly referred to as Micou's Island. It is a tidal island
accessible by a sandbar at low tide which has become a popular beach
during summer months.
