Fletcher, who operated an inn and way station on the stagecoach road (Cobequid Road) to Truro, at the site of the present day locks, during the 1830s and 1840s. At the north end of Miller Lake stood Rutherfords Inn which operated from the 1840s through to the 1870s. This inn had a rich reputation for entertainment, and was frequented by miners from the nearby gold fields at Waverley and by militia men and parties from Dartmouth. Around 1902, there was a wooden aqueduct over a mile long, which carried water from Miller Lake along the top of Gunns Mountain to Waverley, where the power from it was used in gold mining in that village. While not on the same scale as nearby Waverley, the only gold diggings in Fall River were mainly located on the east side of Miller Lake in the late 1890s and early 20th century. A few hundred ounces were produced. In the year 1900, the first telephone was installed in Fall River. Charles Carr operated an early post office in his store in the village. It was located on the corner of Fall River Rd and Hwy #2, near the bridge. The store and post office was there as early as 1910-15, and many Carr family descendants still reside in the area. Through the later part of the 19th century and early 20th century, Fall River was largely a sleepy little village and grew little in population. In 1921 the Lake Thomas Ice Company was in operation in Fall River and continued until about 1948, operated by the Wilson family. In 1926 the Waverley Game Sanctuary was created, surrounding the east side of Miller Lake and containing large tracts of land within the rugged interior east of Soldier Lake. Also in 1926, the Boy Scouts built a summer camp on Lone Cloud Island in Miller Lake, which is still in use today. There was a blacksmith shop operated by the Millers during the 1930s, located on the east side of Lake Thomas, and the old building is still there as late as 2010. The old general store of Neil Miller was a major fixture in the village, dating from October 14, 1952 until 1987. In 1954 local resident Graeme Stuart, whose family had come to Fall River from Scotland in the mid-19th century, founded Stuart Industries. The metal fabricating business at its peak employed about 100