Beginning in 1672, Acadians from Port Royal established farms in the area that came to be known as Minudie. In 1823, Amos Peck Seaman became a tenant on the Minudie estate, which was granted to Joseph Frederic Wallet DesBarres years earlier. From…

The Black community on Sand Hill was established more than 100 years before Amherst was incorporated in 1889. The sprawling five-kilometer community overlooks beautiful downtown Amherst and encompasses streets such as Albion, Poplar, East Pleasant,…

Minudie is a fairly isolated area of Nova Scotia between the mouth of River Hebert and the Cumberland Basin. Originally occupied by the Mi’kmaq and later farmed by Acadians before the Deportation, the area became part of a grant made to Joseph…

The Cumberland County Museum and Archives first opened its doors in 1981 at Grove Cottage in the heart of Amherst. Grove Cottage was likely built in 1838, shortly after renowned Amherst resident, Robert Barry Dickey (1811-1903), purchased the…

In 1957, at the height of the Cold War, twenty-two courageous scientists from both sides of the Iron Curtain met in Pugwash, Nova Scotia, at a lodge maintained by Cyrus Eaton. The group was responding to the manifesto issued by Bertrand Russell and…

The Age of Sail Museum and Archives has come a long way since it first opened in 1994. Located on a tidal river on the site of a post-colonial shipyard, it harkens to the early years of the region. The museum is governed by the Greville Bay…

Donald (Don) Reid was born to a coal mining family at Joggins, Nova Scotia, on May 29, 1922, overlooking the fossil cliffs that he would one day help to make world famous. Forced to leave school at a young age to take his place in the mines after…

As the First World War ended in 1918, the Handley Page V/1500 bomber named 'Atlantic' had just entered operational service. To participate in the first non-stop trans-Atlantic aviation race, the 'Atlantic' was packed in crates and…