La congrégation de Jésus et Marie, aussi connue sous le nom de la congrégation des Eudistes, est fondée le 25 mars 1643, par le prêtre normand Jean Eudes. La fondation du Collège Sainte‑Anne en 1890 correspond aussi à l'arrivée des Eudistes en…

Le Collège Sainte-Anne est fondé à l'été 1890. À cette époque, que l'on qualifie de « Réveil acadien », les Acadiens de la Baie Sainte-Marie, comme ceux d'ailleurs, commencent à s'identifier comme peuple. Les premières conventions…

The Yarmouth County Museum officially opened its doors on June 9th, 1969, at 22 Collins Street, right in the heart of the Collins Heritage Conservation District. It is dedicated to the memory of Major Daniel and Alvina Murphy, who, two years…

Clam Harbour was settled in the last quarter of the 1700s. These early settlers built the community’s first church – a multi-purpose building used as a meeting house, school, and place of worship. The original church building was destroyed by a…

Built in 1787, Cossit House is one of the oldest surviving houses in Sydney. It was built by Anglican minister, Reverend Ranna Cossit, a loyalist from New Hampshire who settled in Sydney in 1786. When Cossit agreed to the post, the…

On the northern boundary of Sydney, adjacent to the steel plant property, is Whitney Pier, a community that has traditionally been home to plant workers. Whitney Pier is known for being a remarkably diverse community, the product of an early-20th…