Upcoming Events for Minudie

There will be a barbecue, bake table and yard sale at the River Hebert Co-Op on Saturday, August 7th from 11am to 2pm. Proceeds for the Minudie Heritage Association and King Seaman Church. Call 251-2422 to arrange collection of yard sale items.

The Blessing of the Crops Festival will be held in Minudie on Sunday, August 8th. The mass begins at 2pm at St. Denis Church followed by a reception at St. Thomas Aquinas Church Hall, Joggins. Then back to St. Denis for an evening concert at 6pm that features the Arsenault Family from Dieppe. For more information contact Sharon Gould at 667-3923.

Cumberland County Art Exhibit

Cumberland County Museum and Archives
150 Church Street, Amherst
Is pleased to present the 2010
"Cumberland County Artist Exhibit"

July 13th to August 14th

Exhibit Hours:
Monday to Friday - 9am - 8pm
Saturday & Sunday - 10am - 6pm

Admission: $3 per person

Community Trading Post

Cumberland County Museum and Archives Invites You to “Take Part” In Their First “Community Trading Post”

Tables are Limited
Cost of Table: $8.00 each
To Reserve A Table Call: 667-2561

Location: 150 Church Street, Amherst
Time: 8am – 12 Noon
Date: Saturday, August 7, 2010
Rain Date: Saturday, August 14, 2010
Please No Animals, Food, Weapons or Religious Books/Artifacts

Malagash Salt Mine Museum Supper

The Malagash Salt Mine Museum is having a Supper on Saturday July 31, from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00p.m., at the Malagash Community Hall. Casseroles, beans, salads, homemade rolls, bread and pies. Adults, $8.00, Under 12, $4.00, Preschoolers, Free. Proceeds for the Salt Mine Museum.

Sketch-O-Rama II

A Sketchbook-Making and Drawing Extravaganza!

Saturday, July 17th.
11am - 1pm
Owens Art Gallery

Drop-in to the Owens between 11am and 1pm on Saturday, July 17th to make your very own sketchbook. Find inspiration for drawing in the galleries or head outside and see what catches your eye - buildings, flowers, birds flying by - you never know where your pencil might lead you.

For kids, teens, moms, dads, aunts, uncles, grandpas, grandmas, and other friends.

Presented by the Owens Art Gallery as part of Festival by the Marsh

Owens Art Gallery, 61 York Street on the campus of Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB.
Free.

For more information contact Sara Williamson, Intern, Owens Art Gallery, T: 364-2574 or E: sewilliamson@mta.ca

Elegant Hats Exhibit

From June 13th to July 10th come in and see our display!
Exhibit Hours:
Tuesday - Friday, 9-5
Saturday, 12-5
Admission: $3 per person

Cumberland County Museum is proud to present the Susan Beaton Hat Exhibit. A collector of hats, Ms. Beaton resides in Maccan, NS. Come by and see the exhibit, before her hats go back into storage!

Minudie Heritage Open for 2010 Season

Have a peak at the upcoming events for Minudie and surrounding areas:

Update: Due to the expected bad weather this weekend the Minudie Day events will be postponed until next Sunday 18th July. They will star around noon beside the Amos Seaman School Museum as usual and hopefully mother nature will cooperate this time!

Minudie Day celebrations start at Noon on Sunday, July 18th at the Amos Seaman School Museum in Minudie. Events this year include: barbecue & strawberry shortcake teas, tours of all heritage buildings & sites, wagon rides, plowing competition, displays of antique machinery, moon walker, face painting, fish pond, games of chance & petting zoo. Plus local musical entertainment.

Blessing of the Crops Festival will be on Sunday, August 8th. Mass starts at 2pm at St. Denis Church in Minudie followed by a reception at St. Tomas Aquinas Church Hall in Joggins, then back to St. Denis for an evening concert.

Ham & Salad Take-Out Dinner Sunday, September 26th.
Tickets $10.00.
Hope to see you there!

If you have any questions please feel free to email us at minudieheritage@gmail.com

Dinner and Live Auction

An Evening with our Four Fathers is one you aren't going to want to miss. The Cumberland County Museum and Archives will be hosting the dinner and live auction at the Amherst Lions Club, 9 Electric Street on Saturday September 18, 2010 with the bar opening at 5:30pm and dinner to follow at 6:30pm. Tickets are $30 per person and are available at the Cumberland County Museum.

For more information please call 667-2516 or email ccmuseum@ns.aliantzinc.ca

Malagash Sand Castle Festival

The Malagash Salt Mine Museum is holding their Annual Sand Castle Festival on Sunday July 11, 2010, from 11am until 4pm. This event is to be held at the Blue Sea Beach in Malagash. There will be a canteen available. First, second and third prizes will be awarded in 4 different categories. Please call 902-257-2407 for additional information and entrance fees.

Creamery Square Heritage Centre, Tatamagouche

Open 10am - 8pm. Monday to Saturday, 12pm to 5pm on Sunday.
EVENT DATES

July 10th/11th - Celebrating Scottish Roots - 10am ----------------------------------------------------
The Scottish Society of Colchester's "CELEBRATE YOUR SCOTTISH ROOTS" weekend - 10am to 1pm - Music and dancing outside the Farmers' Market; enjoy bagpipes, accordion, fiddle and highland dancing. At the Market there will be, along with the usual fare, such Scottish delicacies as scones, oatcakes, shortbread, and perhaps even haggis. At 1:00pm - James Finney will be doing a presentation of Jacobite Dress & Weaponry outside the Farmers' Market. James & his family have recently emigrated to Truro from Scotland where he was a maker of sporrans, a consultant who specialized in historic Scottish costume, and who did 'living history' presentations at Scottish castles and Highland Games.

2:00pm - At the Heritage Centre, Jackie MacConnell will do a Gaelic lesson for Beginners with a few phrases and perhaps even a Gaelic song.

3:00pm - At the Heritage Centre, Barry Shears of Halifax, piper, instructor, and author, will do a presentation on the history of bagpiping on the North Shore. His recently published book Dance To The Piper on the history of bagpiping in Nova Scotia will be on sale at the gift shop in the Heritage Centre.
In the Archives during the day there will be a special exhibit of interest to those seeking information on Scottish ancestors. Lectures in the Heritage Centre will be free. Those wishing to tour the Centre's exhibits (and we hope that many will) will be subject to the usual entry rates.

7:30 p.m. - In the evening we will continue the Scottish theme with a ceilidh at Patterson's Wharf. Bring along your instrument and your singing voice and join us.

Please contact Peggy Todd (657-2806) or peggytodd@nncweb.ca for more info.

July 11th - Celtic Service on Sunday at Sharon Church - 11:00am ------------------------------------------------------------------
There will be a Celtic Service & Kirkin' o' the Tartans at Sharon United Church with other congregations taking part. Bring a swatch or an article of clothing in your clan tartan and present it at the front of the sanctuary to be blessed. Please contact Peggy Todd (657-2806) or peggytodd@nncweb.ca during the week prior to July 11th if you wish to kirk your tartan so that we will have some idea how many presentors to expect.

Memberships in the Scottish Society of Colchester will be available at $5.00 per year, a true Scottish bargain, during the weekend. Please contact Peggy Todd (657-2806) or peggytodd@nncweb.ca for more info.

July 24th - "Tatamagouche Tattoo" Weekend
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The Tatamagouche Tattoo 2010 Performance is held at the North Shore Recreation Centre, Blair Ave. from 7-9pm.; Free Tattoo Cake at the Farmers' Market 10-11am (Creamery Square); Genealogy Hunt at the North Shore Archives 2-4pm. (Creamery Square). For more info contact Marilyn Roberts (657-3323), Toni MacDonald (657-0408), or Anne MacKeen (657-2214).

July 25th - Family Heritage Walk
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Heritage Centre / Patterson's Wharf 9-10am; Ecumenical Church Service at Sharon United Church 11-12 noon; BBQ and Local Entertainment at the Community Field (Across from North Colchester High School) 2-4pm. For more info contact Toni MacDonald (657-0408), or Anne MacKeen (657-2214).

August 3rd - Musique Royale - 7:30pm
An evening of music and early instruments at Sharon Church.

August 14th - Maritime Day... of sea, ships and shanties. - 10am
A fun day for all ages, to do with the sea and ships. past and present. With visiting 'experts' from the museum of the Atlantic and their Model ship builders.

Ottawa House Museum 2010 Schedule

Events are sometimes subject to change in date and time.
For up to date information, please call museum staff at 254-2376

July
Bridge Parties continue every Thursday
1st - Canada Day Celebrations and Food Auction-2pm
11th -Strawberry Shortcake Tea, 2pm to 5pm
18th - Springhill mine disaster speaker, Mary Willa Littler, 2pm
30th - Planter celebrations begin with meet and greet, speaker and refreshment, 7pm
31st - Planter supper with presentations

August
Bridge Parties continue every Thursday
1st - Planter Baptist Church Service, ?am
1st - Evening Planter Skit and Musical Concert, 7:30pm
7th - Dinner Theatre at the Parrsboro Legion Hall
11th - Lady Tupper Tea, 2pm
18th - Musique Royal, 7:30pm
22nd - Helen Simms - Minudie speaker 2pm
27th, 28th, and 29th - Blueberry Desserts with blueberry ice cream, served daily from 11am to 5pm
29th - Graham Harris - Captain Kidd presentation, 2pm

September
5th - Art Brown, Sail maker presentation, 2pm
11th - End of Season Dessert Tea
Closing of Museum for season?

An Evening with our Four Fathers – Dinner and Live Auction

Date: September 18, 2010
Tickets are $30.00 per person
Doors open at 5:30 Dinner served at 6:30
Location: The Amherst Lions Club, 9 Electric Street
To reserve tickets call 667-2561 or email ccmuseum@ns.aliantzinc.ca

Participants will enjoy a fun filled evening of socializing, dinner, door prizes and live auction.

Talk Focuses on Recently Rediscovered Early Account of the Acadian Deportation

Sara Beanlands, Halifax-based archaeologist and historian, will be giving a talk for the Tantramar Historical Society on Wednesday, April 14 at 7:00 p.m. at Live Bait Theatre in Sackville, New Brunswick. Her talk will be on an original manuscript by Rev. Dr. Andrew Brown, dated 1819, entitled "Removal of the French inhabitants of Nova Scotia by Lieut. Governor Lawrence & His Majesty's Council in October 1755".

In 1852, a tattered box of papers was discovered in the foyer of an Edinburgh boarding house. A collection of manuscripts relating to the early history and settlement of Nova Scotia, including historical notes, original and transcribed documents, and other contemporary papers was found inside. This remarkable collection of documents had belonged to the Rev. Dr. Andrew Brown, a Scottish Presbyterian minister, University of Edinburgh professor and aspiring historian of formidable intellect, who lived and worked in Nova Scotia from 1787 to 1795. In attempting to write a history of North America, Brown collected a substantial amount of documentary evidence relating to Nova Scotia and subsequently dedicated much of his life to preparing a history of the young frontier colony. The papers were later deposited in the British Museum where they ultimately became known as the 'Brown Manuscripts'. Although his work was not published during his lifetime, Brown's collection has since provided scholars with a wealth of documentary material for historical analysis.

More recently, another cache of related manuscripts surfaced in the collections of the Edinburgh University Library. While this assortment of documents has not been subjected to the same degree of scrutiny as the initial collection, it is undeniably deserving of academic attention. Among the most important documents contained within the Edinburgh collection is an original Brown manuscript dated 1819, entitled "Removal of the French Inhabitants of Nova Scotia by Lieut. Governor Lawrence & His Majesty's Council in October 1755". This is one of the earliest known historical accounts of the Acadian Deportation and the focus of this talk.

Sara Beanlands graduated from Dalhousie University in 1998 with a degree in Social Anthropology and is currently completing her Masters degree in History at Saint Mary's University, with a focus on eighteenth-century Nova Scotia. Her work has been published in the Journal of the Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society and the International Journal of Maritime History. She has been a guest speaker at the University of Edinburgh, the Nova Scotia Historical Society, and the Grand Pré National Historic Site.

Sara began her career in archaeology in 1992 and has worked on a number of projects with Parks Canada, including excavations at Fort Anne, For Lawrence and Beaubassin National Historic Sites. She is currently employed as an archaeologist and historian with Cultural Resource Management Group, an archaeological consulting firm based in Halifax.

Further information on this talk, or the Tantramar Heritage Trust, can be obtained by visiting http://heritage.tantramar.com or phoning (506) 536-2541.

Age of Sail Heritage Museum Events

April 18th - Guest Speaker Mr. Scott Armstrong MP
Time: 2:00pm
Location: FPW Firehall, Port Greville.

April 25 - Spring Chowder Luncheon -$8.00 (Chowder, Soup, Pies, etc..)
Time 11:30am - 2:00pm

May 15th - Baked Bean and Brown Bread Supper Take Out
We call for orders and deliver - Baked Beans / Brown Bread Rolls / Cole Slaw & Dessert.

May 29th - Museum Opens - Thursday thru Monday
Time: 10:00am - 6:00pm
Location: Museum

June 19th - Annual Salad Take Out Supper
We will call for orders and deliver, pick up can be arranged. (2 Meats / 3 Salads / Roll & Dessert)

June 27th - Annual Memorial Service - (Open 10am - 6pm Daily)
Time: 2:00pm
Location: Museum

July ? - Annual Community Yard Sale
Our tables at the museum, tables available free call 348-2030.

July 16th, 17th & 18th - Annual Heritage Festival & Dinner Theater

July 16th - Guest Speaker Dan Conlin, author of Pirates of the Atlantic
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Museum

July 7th - Murder Mystery Dinner Theater
Tickets must be pre-sold.
Time: 6:00pm
Location: Hall, Port Greville

July 18th - Free Museum Admittance
Time: All Day
Location: Museum

July 31st & August 1st - Birthday Celebrations & Volunteer Appreciation Day

September 1st - Museum Fall Hours - Thursday thru Monday
Time: 10:00am - 6:00pm

September 4th - Annual Labor Day Supper
Time 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Location: FPW Fire Hall, Port Greville

September 5th - Annual Outdoor Church and Breakfast Special Weekend Events
Free admission and antique engine display at Museum.
Time: service 9:30am
Location: Colins' Field 8098 hwy 209 Wards Brook

October 11th - Museum Last Day for Season

Nov 6th - Fall Roast Chicken Supper
Time: 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Location: FPW Fire Hall, Port Greville

December - Annual Tea & Sale & Merchants Christmas Basket. Regular Monthly Meetings at the Center the first Wednesday of each month. 7:00pm (May, June, July, August, September). Off season at directors home. All interested are welcome, members and friends call for more info.
Time: TBA

Annual Speaker Meeting

Guest Speaker: Mr. Eric Partridge

Topic: Tools of the Past

Date: Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Time: 7pm

Admission: $3.00 per person. Members free

Guest Speaker, Eric Partridge is from Dorchester N.B and is a member of the Atlantic Tool Collectors Association. He has been collecting tools since the age of 13 and now at the age of 80 he has acquired over 600 tools. Some of which are “rare and unique tools that you have never seen or will never see again” This meeting is open to the public and participants are asked to bring along with them any tool you might like to have identified.

Springtime and Farming Throughout The Ages Exhibit

Date: May 18th to June 13thth

Exhibit Hours:

Tuesday to Friday-9am to 5pm

Saturday -12 to 5pm

Admission $3.00 per person

This exhibit will depict Cumberland County’s farming, sheep shearing and other springtime activities throughout the ages. Learn about the early farming tools, the children’s role in farming and so much more.

Cumberland County’s Local Writers and Authors Exhibit

Date: May 11 to June 26th

Exhibit Hours:

Tuesday to Friday-9am to 5pm

Saturday -12 to 5pm

Admission $3.00 per person

This exhibit will showcase some of Cumberland County’s well-known writers and authors both past and present. Featured in the exhibit will be such writers and authors as: William R. Bird, Stanley T. Spicer, Robert Coates, Myrtle Chappell, Pauline Furlong, Gary Vickery, Laurie Glenn Norris and more.

Museums Across the Marsh Tour

Date: Saturday, June 5th & Sunday, June 6th

Time 10am to 5pm daily

Admission:

• Individual Passports $4.00
• Family Passports $10.00

These passports can be purchased at any of the participating museums.

Don’t forget to have your passport stamped at each museum for a chance to win prizes.

Take a journey back in time through this unique museum tour. Experience 2 fun filled days visiting heritage and cultural sites such as:

• Dorchester’s Keillor House
• Sackville’s The Boultenhouse Heritage Centre (with limited access to the Campbell Carriage Factory Museum)
• Monroe House in Port Elgin
• Fort Beausejour in Aulac
• Cumberland County Museum and Archives in Amherst
• Nova Scotia Highlanders Regimental Museum, Amherst.
• St. James Textile Museum

Museum Day

Date: Saturday, June 12, 2010

Time: 10am to 5pm

Admission: Free. Except for the cost of BBQ

Our way of saying Thank You to the residents of Cumberland County. This fun filled day will include family outdoor activities, entertainment, museum tours and BBQ.

Bill Casey to Speak at the Cumberland County Museum and Archives

“The Rising Tides at Head of Fundy and the Implications for Historic Sites and Dikes” Guest Speaker Mr. Bill Casey

“Rising sea levels are unavoidable and the low-lying areas at Head of Bay of Fundy are at risk” states Bill Casey. “The danger is there and everyone needs to be aware”
In 1869 the Saxby Gale slammed its way into the Atlantic Region, with much destruction and flooding in the Head of Fundy area. Since then the sea level in the region has risen more than 30 centimetres. It is predicted that by the year 2100, the sea level at the head of the Bay of Fundy will rise another 80 cm.

“Studies by several international organizations including a United Nations report on rising sea levels and studies by the Government of Canada have identified the Bay of Fundy as one of the most vulnerable areas of North America” states Mr. Casey. “It is important that we understand the irreversible impact that rising tides will have on all of us.”

“This is a very important issue” states Shirley Nickerson, Manager/Curator of the Cumberland County Museum and Archives. “It is important that Mr. Casey’s message of concern reach all residents of Nova Scotia and we are honoured to be playing a small part in relaying his message.”
Mr. Bill Casey will be the Guest Speaker at the Cumberland County Museum and Archives, 150 Church Street, Amherst on Tuesday, February 16th at 7pm.
His topic will be “The Rising Tides at Head of Fundy and the Implications for Historic Sites and Dikes”

The public and press are invited to attend, however seating is limited. If you wish to reserve a seat, please call 667-2561. Admission for non-members is $3.00 per person