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The opening credits sequence
The opening sequence contains hints and suggestions regarding the background to the events portrayed in the Haven series. The following list outlines the various clues to be seen in the sequence.


 * A flash of lightning, then more overcast skies over the Haven lighthouse
 * A ship's porthole, then a sailing ship with an old photo of a woman superimposed
 * Woodcuts of an old sea port
 * The Herald of Haven (date indistinct, perhaps in the 1650s): "The most revered Flagg to elaborate on the proper devices & most godly mechanisms for the examination and discovery of wytches"
 * An old line image of a bonneted woman in custody
 * Fast moving shore scene through a ship's window
 * Headline of the Haven Herald (Tuesday, February 18, 1725): "Ship breaks up in calm seas"
 * A chart displaying a tree of names, the earliest of which date back to before 1800
 * [season 1 & 2] A maze symbol on a stone and a ritualistic concoction
 * [third season] Tombstones, the closest of which has the maze symbol, ie the symbol of the Guard, with the words "In loving remembrance of John Moody Died June 20 1837
 * A woodcut of a mermaid with her tail wrapped around a worried young man in the water
 * A ship's compass and a blurred sextant
 * Headline of the Haven Herald (Thursday, October 13, 1934): "Halleck's Homestead Vanishes Overnight"
 * A family praying around a dining table
 * Rows of tombstones
 * A man in a boat with a seafood trap and a man watching with a young girl
 * Headline of the Haven Herald (Thursday, October 13, 1956): "Murder? Police Baffled"
 * [first season] A house with the sign "Antiques and Collectables"[[Image:NS_Lunenburg_tango7174.jpg|thumb|240px|The church seen burning in the opening credits sequence. In reality, St. John's Anglican, Lunenburg.]]
 * [first season] A room filled with lamps, framed images and many other old items
 * A dog on a boat
 * [second season] People gathered outside the Good Shepherd Church after a funeral service
 * A building whose windows show the same glowing figure in different scenes
 * A church spire
 * The same spire in flames
 * Headline of the Haven Herald (Thursday, May 28, 1983): "Who Killed the Colorado Kid?" [second season, appears after funeral service]
 * [second season] Internet home page for the Haven Herald
 * The door of a Haven police car
 * Audrey Parker's FBI badge
 * A black and white of a lighthouse smouldering (not the same as the Haven lighthouse, though may be intended to be)
 * A flyover of the Haven lighthouse during the day, with the series name superimposed.