Dr. Helen Creighton was a prominent Canadian folklorist. She collected 4,000 traditional songs, stories, and myths in a career that spanned several decades and published many books and articles on Nova Scotia folk songs and folklore. She received numerous honorary degrees and was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 1976

She and her family lived in Dartmouth, through the nearby Halifax explostion. Being a young lady through the two wars, boarding military officers and couples, she was inspired to serve but with medical ineligibility, became an ambulance driver helping doctors and dentists bring medical care to remote regions. She travelled extensively out of Canada, with the Author's Association as well as to visit her medical doctor brother; including English instruction in Mexico.

Loyal to the rustic and remote providers of her wealth of songs and stories, Dr. Creighton got several of them on television and radio, proudly delivering royalties to them. She kept her parents' home, shared with borders who were like family.