Until the mid- 1980s, CN Rail operated a rail line from Dartmouth to Upper Musquodoboit with part of the route crossing Cole Harbour; the abandoned rail corridor is now part of the Trans Canada Trail.
Until the mid- 1980s, CN Rail operated a rail line from Dartmouth to Upper Musquodoboit with part of the route crossing the southern edge of the community. The abandoned rail corridor was converted to a rail trail named the and is part of the Trans Canada Trail.