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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Glenora Distillery's Washback Pub
Overview
Cradled in the picturesque hills of the Mabou Highlands, our unsurpassed view is perfect for gourmet cuisine. The Washback Pub offers a wide selection of our own single malt whisky. Sit and compare all of our favorites! Savour the freshest of Nova Scotia and international cuisine in our Pub featured in ’Where to Eat in Canada’.
Join us each day between 1 – 3pm & 8 – 10pm local and attend a traditional Cape Breton Ceilidh (pronounced kay-lee). In Cape Breton, a ceilidh g is most often centred around music, storytelling, food and beverage.
Open Monday-Friday, 4:00pm-11:00pm and Saturday-Sunday, 11:00am-11:00pm. Closes October 11, 2020.
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