History

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The Cape Breton Miners’ Museum in Glace Bay pays tribute to the contribution of the region’s coal miners and coal mining industry. The m...

Visit one of the oldest stone buildings on Cape Breton Island and learn about the traditional art of blacksmithing. Classes are held Thursda...

Explore how different childhood was three centuries ago. Learn how to tend gardens and livestock with one of Louisbourg’s gardeners a...

At the Fortress of Louisbourg, we’re ready to delight all your senses! Throughout history, chocolate has been used as a currency, me...

This family of photographers has gifted us with a legacy of images that illustrate stories about Bells’ lives at home and at work. Nar...

Let your imagination take flight! Bell invented the four-celled tetrahedral kite during his flight experiments at the turn of the last centu...

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Come visit one of the oldest stone buildings on Cape Breton Island. “The Forge,” built between 1780 and 1800, was an important e...

This experience is not suitable for people with mobility issues. Journey into the depths of Ocean Deeps Colliery, a coal mine located beneat...

Telephones, airplanes, hydrofoil boats – these are the results of Alexander Graham Bell’s experimentation. But what about the pr...

Add an explosive element to your visit—train to be a Cannoneer and light the fuse of a cannon identical to those that defended 18th centur...

Alexander Graham and Mabel Bell show us that the world can literally be changed by one’s love for another. They stood side by side, me...

Pick up a kite that’s yours to keep and let your imagination take flight! The grounds overlooking sparkling Baddeck Bay are the perfect pl...