The painting of the Lady of Shalot is actually painted directly on the wall. Local legend has it that at midnight on the night of a full moon, the oarsman begins to row and the Lady of Shalot trails her hand into the water. The wallcovering in the front hall is similar to the lincrusta in the dining room, but is called anaplicta, the difference being the number of colours used. The front doors were originally both made of Belgian stained glass, but in the 1950's one side was broken by children playing baseball. The broken glass was replaced by a craftsman from New Brunswick, and it is not known which side is the original and which is the replacement.
Shipping continues to be important to the town.
The tides of the Bay of Fundy rise and fall between 50 and 60 feet in the Avon River at Hantsport. The gypsum ships formerly guided by the Otis Wack, and now by the Spanish Mist, load up to 24,000 tons of gypsum in less than 3 hours before sailing on the turn of the tide. The parquet floors are not the original. The marble fireplaces and crystal chandeliers were imported from France. The mirrors were originally at the Haliburton House in Windsor, where Ezra had lived for a few years.