Walton is a village in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Municipal District of East Hants.

[3] When Acadians lived in the area that is now the village of Walton, the settlement was known as Petite Riviere, after the small stream that empties into Minas Basin there.

The outcrop was rediscovered in 1940 by Roscoe Hiltz, who brought it to the attention of Springer Sturgeon Gold Mines Ltd.

Production was initially operated by Canadian Industrial Minerals, a subsidiary of Springer Sturgeon, then leased to Magnet Cove Barium Corporation in 1955.

While conducting a diamond drilling program, the Nova Scotia Department of Mines revealed a lead-zinc-silver-copper ore body beneath the large barite deposit.

[citation needed] The region around the barite deposit is underlain by sedimentary rocks of the Carboniferous Windsor Group, and marked by two major sets of faults, oriented east-west and northwest-southeast.

The fire department has hosted a "Field Day" every summer, usually at the end of July, consisting of games and a parade.

Being one of very few, the fire department operates in both West and East Hants; doubling the area of service.