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Boularderie Island Historical Society
http://www.boularderie.ca
The aim of the Boularderie Island Historical Society is to continue obtaining, sharing and preserving the rich island hisotry that surrounds us -- through photographs, oral histories, storytelling and database research ( ...
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Highland Village Museum/An Clachan Gàidhealach
http://www.visithighlandvillage.ca
The Highland Village is a living history museum and folk life centre that celebrates the Gaelic experience in Nova Scotia. On a 43-acre hillside overlooking the world-renouned Bras d'Or Lakes, Nova Scotia's rich ...
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MacAskill House Museum
http://fortress.uccb.ns.ca/historic/askill.html
Wallace R. MacAskill (1890-1956) has been called the world's best marine photographer. His photos portray the changing majesty of Nova Scotia landscape and the seas along its rocky coast, through all seasons and in all w ...
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Marble Mountain Library & Museum
Marble Mountain Library & Museum entails the history of the limestone quarry. On display are photographs of the quarry in operation; tools used during that time period; journals documenting business transactions.
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Nicolas Denys Museum
The Nicolas Denys Museum (St. Peters) endeavors to present and preserve the long and varied history of the village of St. Peter's. The museum concentrates on Nicolas Denys the first permanent European settler from Tours ...
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Orangedale Railway Museum
http://tlc.uccb.ns.ca/cbmuseums/Orangedale.html
The Orangedale Station Railway Museum, built in 1886, displays memborabilia and railway cars from that era to the recent history. The station was constructed by the Intercolonial Railway in 1886. In 1922 Canadian N ...
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Roots Cape Breton Genealogy & Family History Centre
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/hv/research.html
The Centre is an arm of the Highland Village. Using a customized database, records are being entered in an organized manner enabling quick retrieval. Careful attention is paid to the accuracy of input and documentation o ...
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Whycocomagh & District Historical Society
A non-profit group working towards the preservation & collection of historic and genealogical information related to the wide geographical area considered Whycocomagh & District -- including places such as: Skye ...
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The Bras d'Or Lakes Scenic Drive circles the lake along shoreline roads that offer an ever-changing panorama of woodlands, farms and villages, and are ideal for walking, biking and birdwatching. The region is a major nesting area for bald eagles, and these impressive birds can often be seen soaring aloft or perched on shoreline trees.