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HISTORICALLY SPEAKING WITH ED COLEMAN: Port Williams once a major apple-shipping site

There are several dates on when a wharf with the capacity to accommodate sea-going vessels was constructed in Port Williams.

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But there’s no question why the wharf was built.

That question can be answered in one word – apples.

The year of construction, according to several sources, was 1930. And within a few years after becoming operational, thousands of barrels of apples were being shipped annually out of the port to Great Britain.

When you look at the history of Port Williams, there’s little doubt that George Chase was the person responsible for Port Williams becoming the apple-shipping centre for most of Nova Scotia.

His story has been told in this column, in the history of Port Williams (The Port Remembers, 1976), in Anne Hutten’s Valley Gold (1981) and in various books and newspaper articles on the apple........

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