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A history and geography of Nova Scotia

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“Dartmouth (5000), about a mile from Halifax, across the harbour, has a fine situation, and is a beautiful residential town, especially in the hilly and lake section back a little from the harbour. It has various manufactures, as sugar refining and making of rope and skates. The provincial Lunatic Asylum is in the neighbourhood of the town”

Calkin, John B. “A history and geography of Nova Scotia”, A. & W. MacKinlay, 1911. https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.78688/1?r=0&s=1

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