It is home to the traditional wooden shipyard, Snyder's Shipyard, builders of Theodore Too, among many other vessels, as well as The Riverview Enhanced Living Centre, Miller's Point Peace Park, the Municipal Activity and Recreation Complex and the Bridgewater/Dayspring Airpark.
During the French and Indian War, there were a number of Mi'kmaq and Acadian raids on the newly arrived Protestant settlers on the Lunenburg Peninsula.
On 13 July 1758, one person on the LaHave River at "Dayspring" was killed and another seriously wounded by a member of the Labrador family.
[2] Throughout the Age of Sail Dayspring boasted three shipyards, a saw mill, associated blacksmiths, several general stores, 2 churches, a school, several fraternal lodges and number of large farms.
Dayspring is now largely a bedroom community of neighbouring Bridgewater, Nova Scotia.