Visiting Haven film locations
Where is the REAL Haven? Can we explore all those amazing villages, surroundings, buildings (and more) ourselfs?
Yes you can! Haven is filmed in/near villages at the South Shore of Nova Scotia - Canada.
Chester
The Haven Herald
The Haven Herald building is the working home of the Teagues brothers, Vince (Richard Donat) and Dave (John Dunsworth). It appears to be the spitting image of the building at 54 Queen Street, Chester, Nova Scotia. When anyone wants to know anything about Haven history or lore, the Haven Herald is the repository of all such knowledge. It is to the Teagues that people come to find clues regarding the past Troubles for they reflect current events.
The Barn
The Barn is a mysterious structure that little is known about, except that both Sarah and Lucy went into it and did not return for twenty-seven years, with no memory of the past. It appears very much like an old barn in Robinson's Corner, Nova Scotia. Very near Chester.
Lunenburg
The police station
Frequently seen in the series is the Haven Police Station, a three-story red brick building which looks a dead ringer for the Lunenburg Town Hall. The building has a northern and a southern entrance, though only the southern entrance is ever shown. It is here where much of the show's police research is done.
The port
Haven's port is glimpsed frequently throughout the series. Its similarity with Lunenburg's port is unmistakable. It is at the eastern end of the port that Duke Crocker's fishing boat, the Cape Rouge, is moored. (The boat features the words "Ryan Atlantic II" on the stern)
Halifax
Halifax is considered a global city and is a major economic centre in eastern Canada with a large concentration of government services and private sector companies. Agriculture, fishing, mining, forestry and natural gas extraction are major resource industries found in the rural areas of the municipality.
A big part of series 4 is filmed here.
Hubbards
The Grey Gull
Another prominent location is Duke Crocker's restaurant, the Grey Gull. This building seems remarkably like one at Tilley's Cove on the south-west side of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia. The locale is already a restaurant called the Second Chance Bistro in Season 1's fourth episode, where it is owned by the McShaw brothers. Because of his Trouble, Bill McShaw sells the restaurant to Duke, who reopens it as the Grey Gull. In the third episode of Season 2, Audrey Parker moves into the rooms above the Grey Gull.
The Good Shepherd Church
Haven's church is on Witcham Street. In appearance it is just like St. Luke's Anglican Church, Hubbards, Nova Scotia. Ed Driscoll was the preacher there. The church is on a rise and featured a sculpture outside with a giant ball at its center. In the second episode ("Butterfly") of Season 1 the ball separated itself and rolled down the hill, crashing into the Rust Bucket, a Haven eatery. The Good Shepherd can be seen in the Season 2 opening credits sequence, where a funeral service has just been held.
Mahone Bay
Mahone Bay is a bay located on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, Canada along the eastern end of Lunenburg County. Mahone Bay was named after the French mahonne (English: Barge), which referred to a type of boat used by local privateers. Mahone Bay is home to numerous picturesque working fishing communities, one of the most famous being the communities of Big Tancook and Little Tancook.
Mahone bay can be seen troughout the whole series.
Peggy's cove & Northwest cove
The lighthouse
The show has shown two different lighthouses. One, which is at the end of a breakwater, appears to be the Lunenburg lighthouse, while the other, which sits on a bare rocky promontory, looks like Peggy's Cove lighthouse. The promontory lighthouse is seen at the beginning of the opening credits sequence and was featured at the end of episode 5 of Season 1. The breakwater lighthouse is seen at the end of the opening credits sequence and was shown crumbing during episode 13 of Season 1, due to Chief Garland Wuornos's Trouble, which caused cracking and eventual destruction when the Chief lost control. The same lighthouse is again destroyed in episode 13 of Season 3, this time struck by a falling meteor and again in episode 1 of Season 5.
Northwest cove is one of the many locations used several times troughout the series.
