Historic Sites on Cape Breton Island

Nova Scotia Museum Listing A Directory of Museums, Archives, Public Galleries, and Historical, Heritage, and Naturalist Organizations in Nova Scotia with up-to-date hours of operation

National Historic Sites

Alexander Graham Bell Museum Baddeck, Victoria County
Fortress of Louisbourg Louisbourg, Cape Breton County
Marconi Exhibit Glace Bay, Cape Breton County
Cape Breton Highlands Inverness and Victoria Counties
St. Peters Canal St. Peters, Richmond County

Local Historic Sites on the Web

Cape Breton County

Jost House, Old Sydney
New Waterford and District Historical Society
Miners' Museum, Glace Bay
Glace Bay Heritage Museum
Marconi Centennial
Dominion Heritage School
Cossit House, Old Sydney

Inverness County

Les Trois Pignon, Cheticamp

Richmond County

LeNoir Forge Museum, Arichat

Victoria County

Gaelic College
Another Gaelic College Link
Highland Village, Iona

More links to Museum Information

Non-Web Historic Sites

(From Nova Scotia Travel Guide 1996)

Cape Breton County

Atlantic Statiquarium Marine Museum (902) 733-2721
Louisbourg

Sydney & Louisburg Railway Museum. (902) 733-2720
7336 Main St.
Box 225
Louisbourg, NS

Cape Breton Centre for Heritage and Science
225 George Street
Sydney

St. Patrick's Church Museum (902) 562-8237
87 Esplanade
Sydney

North Sydney Historical Society
Fire Station
North Sydney

Inverness County

Port Hastings Historical Museum and Archives (902) 625-2951
Church Street
Port Hastings

Chestico Museum & Historical Society (902) 787-2930
Harbourview (Port Hood area)

An Drochaid (The Bridge) (902) 945-2311
Mabou area

Inverness Miners' Museum (902) 258-3291
CN Railway Station
Inverness

MacDonald House Museum (902) 258-3317
Lake Ainslee East Side

Margaree Salmon Museum (902) 248-2848
North East Margaree

Margaree Bicentennial Museum (902) 235-2426
East Margaree

Acadian Museum (902) 224-2170
744 Main Street
Cheticamp

Orangedale Railway Station Museum (902) 756-3384
Orangedale

Marble Mountain Museum and Library
Marble Mountain

Richmond County

Nicholas Deny's Museum
St. Peters

Wallace MacAskill Museum
Main Street
St. Peters

Victoria County

North Highlands Community Museum
Dingwall

Cabot Archives (902) 336-2266
Cabot High School
Neil's Harbour

Giant MacAskill Museum (902) 929-2106
Englishtown

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