LOCATION:

The community of Black Point is situated between Ingramport and Queensland on Route #3.

WHAT'S IN A NAME?

Over two hundred years ago, if one had approached Black Point from the bay they would have noticed that the dense trees along the shoreline shrouded the land, giving it the appearance of being black. From this, the Point got its name. The name became established in 1867 when the first post office was established at the home of Ephraim Hubley.

SETTLEMENT HISTORY:

Many of the families who settled in the community were descendants of the Foreign Protestants of Lunenburg County.

Alexander Hubley was one of the first to arrive. He built a home in the early 1800s that is still standing today. It is constructed of trees that stood on his land and is held together with wooden pegs. Inside are hand-hewn beams and in one room there is a hole in the ceiling where a spindle from the spinning wheels was placed. When the roof was renovated it was found that Mr. Hubley had used birch bark beneath the shingles to keep it watertight. Birchbark has also been used inside the walls as insulation. The house was once a way station for travelers breaking their journeys between Chester and Halifax.

GENEALOGY:

Among those families whose descendants still live in the communities are the Hubleys, Snairs, Slaunwhites, Langilles, Jollimores and Culps.

BLACK POINT TODAY:

Black Point is largely residential today, with a few commerical enterprises and a fire station. There is a stone cairn at Black Point Beach, placed there in 1985 by the Bicentennial Committee, to commemorate the arrival of early settlers.

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