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The Nicolas Denys Museum
46 Denys Street
St. Peters, NS B0E 3B0
(902) 535-2379
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Located
on the west side of St. Peter's Canal the Nicolas Denys
Museum was built to commemorate the valiant efforts
of the early settlers of the area in helping to make
a nation in this vast wilderness. Of the many capable
and hard working men and women who chose to settle here,
the efforts of Nicolas Denys were the most out standing.
It is most fitting that the museum is named in his honour.
The museum contains artifacts identified with the Mi'Kmaw
and the early French and British. It houses a small
reference library of the history of this area and all
of Cape Breton Island. A developer of the fisheries
along the Nova Scotia coast, Denys established a trading
post and a fort. Here he exploited the timber resources,
exporting the cuttings to France. He was probably the
first lumber exporter long before Canada became a nation.
Denys was the author of the book which gave Cape Breton
its first real recognition. It was published in 1672,
and includes interesting accounts of fisheries, with
illustrations of the storehouses, fishing stages and
descriptions of the nearby harbours and rivers. It also
contains a curious map of Cape Breton Island even though
all the harbours appear to be the same size. A copy
of the book in English and French "Description
Geographique Et Historique Des Costes De L'Amerique"
is in the library.
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Macaskill House Museum
Operated by: MacAskill House Museum Society
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INFORMATION
{7 MacAskill Drive, fronts on Main Street}
RR 2 St. Peters, NS B0E 3B0
(902) 535-2531
Eva Landry
RR 2 St. Peters, NS B0E 3B0
(902) 535-2531
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Doris Carter
RR 2 St. Peters, NS B0E 3B0
(902) 535-2454
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SITE INFORMATION
Hours
mid-June-September
daily 9:30am-5:30pm
weekends only
remainder of year
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The MacAskill House Museum is the restored birthplace
of noted marine photographer, Wallace MacAskill. The
aim of the society is to preserve the memory of this
talented native son, and to display the best of his
works, both in photography and artifacts, in the setting
where he grew up and where his interests were nutured.
It is also the society's airm to preseve a typical
home of the 19th and early 20th century in rural Cape
Breton, including furnishings and a reflection of
life during this time period. The museum includes
a collection of over one hundred of W.R. MacAskill's
pictures, most in original frames; books and several
craft artifacts designed and made by him; and a modest
but growing
collection of cameras of the past 100 years.
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 St.
Peter's Canal
St Peter's, Nova Scotia
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This canal has probably the longest building record
in the British Empire. It was first discussed in 1825
in the Provincial General Assembly but was not commenced
until 1854. Work was suspended in 1856 and it was
not started anew until 1865. After four years, it
was finished in 1869. The advent of bigger boats required
it to be enlarged and this meant new constructions
in 1875 with a completions date of 1881. The next
need for change came in 1912 when the canal was widened
to its present size and completed in 1917. In August,
1969, the 100th Anniversary of the opening of the
canal was observed." is in the library.
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Battery Park
East of St. Peter's on Route 4
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The 150 acre Provincial Camp and Picnic site was
first operated in 1967; it is on the East side of
the St. Peter's Canal. There is a picnic area and
beach offered for day use. On the South side the park
borders the Atlantic Ocean. Visitors to the park may
enjoy a hike to the top of Mt. Grenville via a footpath
trail.
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 St.
Peter's Marina
Latitude 45º39'40" North
Longitude 60º52'30" West
Canadian chart # 4275
Monitor VHF channel 68
Hours and Dates of Operation:
Mid-May to October
8am to 8pm
7 days a week
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Located at the entrance to
the beautiful Bras d'Or Lakes on Cape Breton Island,
we are in the small village of St. Peter's. As you
pass through the St. Peter's Canal inbound to the
Lakes we can be found about a 1/4 mile west of the
canal in Strachan Cove.
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 St.
Peter’s Trail
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The St. Peter’s Trail is an extension of the
trail system within Battery Provincial Park. The trail
is a converted railway bed that runs for 3 km along
the shore of the Atlantic Ocean.
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