This picturesque former
lumbering
and shipbuilding community looks as it did 100 years ago, before gold
mining transformed it into a boomtown. 25 buildings on their original
sites: Cumminger Brothers’ Store; Ambrotype Studio; Sherbrooke Hotel; a
typical rural doctor’s office (c 1910) in the original home; the grand
residence of John Cumminger; the Company Store, with traditional Nova
Scotian crafts; and the rare working up-and-down sawmill, just down the
road.
Admission charged.
Canso Islands National Historic Site
of Canada
Union St. Canso
Once a thriving community of
fishermen and merchants from New England, the site commemorates the
significant role the fishery played in international trade and commerce
in the early 18th century. The Visitor Reception Center features an
audio-visual show on the Grassy Island settlement, life-size dioramas
of the interiors of three island properties — a tavern, a merchant’s
house, and a military officer’s residence – and artifacts excavated
from these properties. Visitors go to the island by boat (weather
permitting); an interpretive trail links eight designated sites.
Admission charged
Memory Lane Heritage Village
Lake Charlotte
Heritage village depicting rural
Nova Scotia in the 1940s; living history museum, knowledgeable staff in
period clothing. General store, boatshop, homestead, lumberjack meal at
the cookhouse. Travel around the site on a period bicycle or in a ‘49
International truck.
A day of challenge and fun at
the annual Clam Harbour Beach Sandcastle Contest. This nationally known
festival brings hundreds of contestants and thousands of spectators to
one of the best beaches in Nova Scotia. Good food such as mussels and
chowders, prizes for best castle & best sculpture. Everyone can
join in from wee ones to teams from corporations. Lots of parking, a
shuttle bus, wheelchair accessible.
Date: Mid August
Eastern
Shore Lobster Festival
Jeddore Oyster Pond
On the grounds of the Golden
Coast
Restaurant. Events: - great lobster weigh-in-lobster-eating contest -
lobster shelling contest - fun for children- folk art carving display -
musicians - games. Come out and experience "Lobster".
Date: Mid June
Eastern
Shore Summer Fair
Musquodoboit Harbour
Weeklong family festival.
Includes
bingo games, children's parade, supper, fire works, summer dance,
parade, midway, booths, and craft and arts displays.
Date: End July
Stan
Rogers
Folk Festival
Canso
A 3 daylong musical adventure
in
the Town of Canso, this festival is a tribute to the Canadian
singer/songwriter Stan Rogers. Enjoy an exciting line-up of Maritime,
Traditional and Old-time Folk. The festival offers a variety of musical
genres including Celtic, Jazz, Rhythm and Blues, World-Beat, Gospel,
Bluegrass, Country, Acadian and much more.
