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The Highland Village Museum / Baile nan Gàidheal / An Clachan Gàidhealaich is an outdoor living history museum dedicated to Nova Scotia’s Gaelic folk-life, culture, and language. Highland Village is located in Iona, Nova Scotia, Canada, on 43 acres of natural landscape overlooking the Bras d'Or Lake in Central Cape Breton. [1]
Iona was settled by Gaelic speaking immigrants from the Isle of Barra in 1802. It is the site of Highland Village Museum (An Clachan Gàidhealach) and the Rankin School of the Narrows. A view of Iona in the early 1900s. St.Columba Church to the left, the Grand Narrows Bridge over the Barra Strait in the background.
Highland Village Museum/An Clachan Gàidhealach: Iona: Victoria: Cape Breton Island: Living: Part of the Nova Scotia Museum, early 19th century pioneer Scottish Gaelic village Hildaniel Brown House: New Ross: Lunenburg: Southern Nova Scotia: Historic house: 19th century period house [18] Inverness Miner's Museum: Inverness: Inverness: Cape ...
Highland Village Museum, Iona, Nova Scotia; Heritage Park Historical Village ... Turkey (railway museum) Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park from ...
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The railroad is still in operation, run by the Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway. "Section Men" were hired to upkeep sections of the track. It was a coveted job. Many men cut timber for rail ties to subsidize their income. There was a rail spur to the beach at one time when a company from Belgium gathered sand to make porcelain china.
Nova Scotia Museum (NSM) is the corporate name for the 28 museums across Nova Scotia, Canada, and is part of the province's tourism infrastructure.The organization manages more than 200 historic buildings, living history sites, vessels, and specialized museums and about one million artifacts and specimens, either directly or through a system of co-operative agreements with societies and local ...
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