Every Town Has a Story in Atlantic Canada

by Emma Lang  | Cultural Heritage Centre, Historic Building, Historic District / Neighbourhood, Library / Archive, Museum/Gallery, Post Office/Bank/Fire Station

Atlantic Canada has cities and towns of all sizes and each have a story to tell. These places share the stories of the communities they are in, from education to industry to to trade and domestic life though the centuries.

 

Image Credit: Library of Congress; New map of Canada : New Brunswick, Nova Scotia &c.

Places

Fredericton Region Museum

Fredericton, New Brunswick

Quaker House

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

John Fisher Memorial Museum

Kingston, New Brunswick

Conception Bay Museum

Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador

Yarmouth County Museum and Archives

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

West Hants Historical Society

Windsor, Nova Scotia

MacDonald House Museum

Canada

Chestico Museum

Port Hood, Nova Scotia

Admiral Digby Museum

Digby, Nova Scotia

Amos Seaman School Museum

River Hebert, Nova Scotia

Connell House

Woodstock, New Brunswick

Musgrove Road Cemetery

Nova Scotia

Albert County Museum & RB Bennett Centre

Hopewell Cape, New Brunswick

Lutz Mountain Heritage Museum

Moncton, New Brunswick

Le musée historique de Tracadie, inc.

Tracadie-Sheila, Nouveau-Brunswick

Canon Richard’s Tearoom

Newfoundland and Labrador

Garden of the Gulf Museum

Montague, Prince Edward Island

Old Court House

Barrington, Nova Scotia

Restigouche Regional Museum

Dalhousie, New Brunswick

St. Lawrence Centennial Field

Saint Lawrence, Newfoundland and Labrador

Village historique acadien

Bertrand, New Brunswick

The Museum of Saint-Isidore

Saint-Isidore, New Brunswick

Kings County Museum and Old County Gaol

Hampton, New Brunswick

Battle Harbour National Historic District

Newfoundland and Labrador

Charlotte County Archives and Old Gaol

St. Andrews, New Brunswick

French Shore Interpretation Centre

Conche, Newfoundland and Labrador

Avon River Heritage Centre

Newport, Nova Scotia

Musée acadien de Caraquet

Caraquet, New Brunswick

Fort Point Museum

LaHave, Nova Scotia

Our Lady of Mercy Museum

Aguathuna, Newfoundland and Labrador

The Old North Head Postoffice

Grand Manan, New Brunswick

Trinity Museum

Trinity, Newfoundland and Labrador

Neripis River, Those That Stayed, Those That Left, and Just Passing Through

Grand Bay-Westfield, New Brunswick

Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove Museum

Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador

WH and the Black Atlantic

L'Anse-au-Loup, Newfoundland and Labrador

Bass River Heritage Museum

Bass River, Nova Scotia

DesBrisay Museum

Bridgewater, Nova Scotia

Encounter at Kwacha House

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Jollytown

Central North River, Nova Scotia

McCulloch Genealogy Centre

Pictou, Nova Scotia

Sam Langford and the Weymouth Black settlements

Weymouth, Nova Scotia

The Jordantown Acaciaville Conway Betterment Association

Acaciaville, Nova Scotia

Uniacke Square

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Memorial for the Forgotten – Highfield Cemetery

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Roma at Three Rivers National Historic Site

Montague, Prince Edward Island

Discover Rustico

North Rustico, Prince Edward Island

MacNaught History Centre and Archives

Summerside, Prince Edward Island

Memory Lane Heritage Village

Lake Charlotte, Nova Scotia

Scott Manor House

Bedford, Nova Scotia

Colony of Avalon

Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador

Mahone Bay Museum

Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia

Lower Selma Museum

Maitland, Nova Scotia

Macdonald Museum

Middleton, Nova Scotia

Acadian Museum of Prince Edward Island

Miscouche, Prince Edward Island

Marybelle: The Last Black Servant in Louis Head

Nova Scotia

Black Loyalist Heritage Centre

Shelburne, Nova Scotia

SS Atlantic Heritage Park & Interpretation Centre

Terence Bay, Nova Scotia

Wilson’s Point Historic Site

Derby Junction, New Brunswick

Torbay History House & Museum

Torbay, Newfoundland and Labrador

Shelburne County Museum

Shelburne, Nova Scotia

Sherbrooke Village

Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia

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Fredericton, New Brunswick to Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia

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