HILLCREST HALL COUNTRY INN

Hillcrest Hall was built about 1910 as a home for the Leadbetter family in the southwest part of Port Hood. Ebenezer Leadbetter's enormous three-storey house is a survivor from the age of coal, and proclaims the prosperity of immigrant miners with Danish and Bulgarian names among the Highland Scots. When the "big mine" was in operation, the buoyant economy affected the whole area. It is said that the population doubled, with miners attracted from Cumberland and Pictou counties on the mainland, as well as from Europe.

Also known as: Hillcrest Hall

Primary location: Canada