Cape Mabou Highlands
Length: 30+km (18.8+mi) total Hiking time: 1-8+hr Type of Trail: natural surface, compacted earth Uses (no snow): walking Uses (snow): snows...
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MacDonald House Museum
Overview
The MacDonald House Museum is a 19th century, gothic-style furnished farmhouse overlooking Lake Ainslie on Cape Breton Island. The museum’s exhibit room features crafts, a housing loom and spinning wheel, while the barn displays an assortment of farm machinery and tools. The barn also provides a spectacular setting for concerts held throughout the summer months. Visitors to the museum can also explore a restored one-room schoolhouse (c 1920) to learn what education used to be like in rural Cape Breton
Contact the museum for more information about group tours and special demonstrations.
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