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Lillian Burke, standing left, with short bob haircut, shown with 648 sq. ft. hooked Savonnerie rug, reputed to be the largest ever created. Lillian Burke (October 4, 1879 – April 13, 1952) was an American artist, teacher, musician and occupational therapist chiefly known for developing a hooked-rug cottage industry in the village of Chéticamp, Cape Breton.
Elizabeth Lefort was born in 1914 in Point Cross, Nova Scotia. [2] In 1926 at the age of 12 she left school to begin her career and bring in needed income for her family. [3] Lefort learned the craft of rug hooking from her mother. [2] This craft has strong roots in Cape Breton. [4]
The name "Chéticamp" derives from the name given by the Mi'kmaq First Nations, who still live on Cape Breton Island (but not in Chéticamp).The name is Awjátúj [2] (Francis-Smith orthography) in the Micmac language, meaning "rarely full", presumably making reference to the mouth of Chéticamp harbour that once had a large dune that grew during low tide.
In 2016 there are 825 rugs on display, including a special exhibition to honor Pearl McGown. The 2023 Rug Hooking week at the Sauder Village is expecting to have around 700 fiber art pieces. In the 1980s, Canadian artist Nancy Edell, discovered rug-hooking after moving to Nova Scotia, located on Canada's east coast. She introduced traditional ...
St. Joseph du Moine is an unincorporated area in the Municipality of the County of Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is on the scenic Cabot Trail near Cape Breton Highlands National Park . Together with Chéticamp , its larger neighbour, Saint-Joseph-du-Moine makes up an Acadian enclave on Cape Breton Island that remains Francophone to this ...
Cape Breton Highlands National Park is a Canadian national park on northern Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. [2] The park was the first national park in the Atlantic provinces of Canada [3] and covers an area of 948 square kilometres (366 sq mi). [4] It is one of 42 in Canada's system of national parks.