Our Heritage Property

A Heritage Property Steeped In History

For nearly 40 years Bayside Farm was one of the most popular summer resorts in Nova Scotia. Year after year, visitors from across Canada and North America would travel to this well-known Digby County farmhouse to experience rural Atlantic Canada at its very best. Now, you can once again experience a Nova Scotia farm vacation at Bayside.

This large Victorian home was built and owned by the Sabean family in 1855. In 1872 Dan Webster Sabean sold the home to Gilbert Lent. It was Gilbert’s son Fred who established “Bayside Farm Inn” during the first half of the century. Fred Lent and his wife, Ethel operated the inn from the late 1920s to the early 1960s. The inn consisted of five rooms (upstairs), a tennis court, a swimming pool (across the road) and four cabins on the grounds of the farm.

An Historic Heritage Property

In 1991, Louise and Roger Mullen of nearby Weymouth purchased Bayside Farm. The Mullens re-constructed the large ‘back’ extension to the house that had been torn down in the 1970’s and extensively restored the old property. In 1999, the 90-acre farm was declared a Historic Heritage Property in Digby County.

Now, after an absence of over 50 years, the tradition of Bayside Farm has been revived. The new Bayside Farm & Cottages includes the old farmhouse and four luxury rental units. One of the four cottages (Our Victorian Cottage) was part of the original ‘Bayside Farm Inn’ resort complex.