Cabot Links
Region: Canada’s Musical Coast
Community: Inverness
Much has been written and even more said about Canada’s first true links golf course. But to truly understand what it feels like to be tra...
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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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