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Gold Towns and Ghost Towns

plan showing the lots of the Oldham gold district laid out.

Creation of Gold Districts

During the frenzy of Nova Scotia’s first gold rush, the government restored order by establishing gold districts.

Photograph of people standing by buildings along a street of Goldenville, NS.

Gold Towns

New communities sprang up in the forest due to the Nova Scotia gold rush of the 1860s.

Photograph of a dilapidated gold mining building.

Ghost Towns

Once prosperous Nova Scotia gold towns become abandoned when mining ends.