OUTHOUSES & HONEY LANES STILL CAUSING A STINK

The federal government is trying to avoid a stink over outhouses from generations ago that could cause land title problems for about 500 homeowners in two former Cape Breton coal mining communities. 

Backyard lavatories were the norm before modern plumbing and the material deposited in them had to be cleaned out regularly by a man and his horse-drawn "honey wagon."

To reach each of these outhouses, the "honey man" followed a strip of land about three to six metres wide known as the honey lane.