MacDonald House Museum
Region: Canada’s Musical Coast
Community: East Lake Ainslie
The MacDonald House Museum is a 19th century, gothic-style furnished farmhouse overlooking Lake Ainslie on Cape Breton Island. The museum...
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Blue Barn Cottage
Overview
4-bdrm home (Q,D,T) with two 4-pc baths, SaTV, DVD, VCR, washer, dryer, electric heat, woodstove in living room, air conditioning. Optional additional bedroom with two beds, whirlpool tub and fireplace. Converted traditional barn on 25-acre property; adjacent to brook, 1-km walk through fields to river. Bookings through Normaway Inn.
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