Military
Regiments were raised on the Aspotogan to defend against possible Fenian Raids, such as the regiment at Blandford, Nova Scotia.
During World War I, the military built a forty foot look off at the peak of the Aspotogan mountain.
The Gainsborough hotel was sold to the federal government in 1944 and was used as part of the St. Margaret’s Bay Training School for the Canadian Merchant Navy. (In 1969, the J.D. Shatford Library was built on the site.)
In 1967, Canadian Forces Station Mill Cove (CFS Mill Cove) was opened to provide a naval radio communications receiving station for Maritime Forces Atlantic. The radio station consisted of approximately 4,000 acres (16 km2) of land, private married quarters, and administration buildings. The complex was a major employer and contributor to the local economy until it was automated in the late 1990s.
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