Film, Television and Literature
In 1994, the Aspotogan Heritage Trust was created to oversee the renovation and re-population of the land and buildings that were decommissioned at CFS Mill Cove following the automation of the receiver station. The Trust markets these assets as Mill Cove Park and includes the province’s first dedicated sound stage (established in 1996) in the former administration and gymnasium buildings. More than $40 million of film and TV production took place at this sound stage over a 5-year period, including filming for the CBC Television series Black Harbour and Blackfly.
The Hollywood film High Tide at Noon (1957) was filmed at Northwest Cove, Nova Scotia while The Shipping News with Kevin Spacey was filmed in Blandford, Nova Scotia.
Author Frank Parker Day lived on East Ironbound, an island which is just off the shore of Blandford, Nova Scotia. He based his bestselling novel Rockbound on his experience on the island
Kirsten Dunst and Lynn Redgrave filmed Deeply on East Ironbound.
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