White Point Beach Resort History Told in New Book
From its beginnings as a hunting and fishing lodge in 1928 to its present-day clientele of people from all over the world White Point Beach Resort has seen the incursion of all types of people from the wealthy to soldiers guarding the South Shore coast in World War II. You can see many of the pictures of early White point Beach Lodge, from 700 pound tuna on a Liverpool dock to bathers from 1912. Now many of the back stories of the great property will be chronicled in new book by Lunenburg County author Frances Dickson.
“It’s people who make history come alive,” said Dickson, who was in Queens County last week conducting research for the book, Destination White Point (working title).
Dickson, a long-time visitor to the resort, has seen many people come and g, and many who keep coming back. In fact, the resort has a few multi-generational families who come year-after-y – some for as long as 50 years or more.
And not only are the visitors on Dickson’s radar. A key source of her information is the staff, some of whom that worked at the resort as far back as the 1930s. In fact there are a few third generation employees at White Point.
As a frequent visitor to the Banff Springs Hotel in the 1970′s I often see the parallels between the two historical resorts. Although the Banff Springs is 40 years older the present version is the same age as White Point Beach Lodge because the original wooden structure in the Banff township was destroyed by a fire in 1926 and the new hotel opened in 1928, the same year as the Nova Scotia lodge. And both are said to be haunted!
Although having many stories to sort through, for the next several weeks and maybe into early summer Dickson is still looking for people to relay their White Point tales and stories. She is also on the hunt for photos that staff or guests may have taken over the years.
Anyone interested in communicating with Dickson can contact her by phone, (902) 766-4016; email, fjewel@eastlink.ca; or through White Point. Her website is www.voicesetc.ca
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