Was it a coincidence that Sir Frederick Borden (Minister of Militia and Defence) prepared a Bill late in 1910 proposing the construction of a railway to Cape Split, where a major power project was being considered?

The railway, if constructed, would have its terminal at Cape Split, reaching it in a roundabout way.

Borden’s proposal had the rail line starting in his riding in Canning. After running northward to Pereau, Delhaven, Blomidon, and Scott’s Bay, the line would turn eastward and run to Cape Split. Various branches running off the main line also were proposed. Borden and his business partners in Canning and Kentville were believed to hold land at the time in areas the proposed rail line skirted.