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Heritage Tours of Cumberland County
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Heritage Tour PackagesPRINTS AND PIONEER
Takes you from Northern Nova Scotia through Springhill and along the breathtaking Fundy4 day tours along the Fundy Shore Shore. Coal-mining and ship-building left an indelible mark on the life of this region. Immerse yourself in the history.
Grove Cottage
Grove Cottage home of Cumberland County Museum

Day 1:
Cumberland County Museum lecture/tour
By The Door rug hooking studio visit

Day 2:
Springhill Guided Bus Tour
Springhill Tour A Mine u The Anne Murray Centre
River Hebert Heritage Model Collection

Day 3:
Ottawa House By-The-Sea
Fundy Geological Museum Beach Tour/Program
Guided tour along Glooscap Trail

Day 4:

Colchester Historical Museum Colchester Historical Museum, Truro Heritage Building Tour
The Little White Schoolhouse Museum

3 day tours in Cumberland CountyTIDES AND TRADITIONS
Ambles through Northern Nova Scotia and along the Fundy Shore, home of the world’s highest tides. This region boasted a lively a shipbuilding industry - its rugged cliffs contain a rich a geological heritage.
Day 1:
Cumberland County Museum, tour/lecture program
River Hebert Heritage Model collection

Day 2:
Ottawa House By-The-Sea, Parrsboro
Fundy Geological Museum, Beach Tour/Program
Glooscap Trail guided tour
Colchester Historical Museum
Colchester Historical Museum

Day 3:
Colchester Historical Museum, Truro Heritage Building Tour
Little White Schoolhouse Museum
Victoria Park visit

 
SAILS TO RAILS
Takes you through a diverse region - many sites of historical and cultural interest combined3 day tours in Cumberland County with the beautiful seascapes of the Northumberland Shore. Experience another era.
Day 1:
Cumberland County Museum, lecture/tour
Tidnish Chignecto Marine Transport Railway Interpretive Centre/Dock site

Day 2:

Pugwash Train Station and Historical Society
Wallace and Area Museum, Heritage Gardens and Walking Trail
Jost Winery
Malagash Salt Miner’s Museum
Intercolonial Railway Station, Tatamagouche
Wallace and Area Museum
Wallace and Area Museum

Train StationDay 3:
Colchester Historical Museum
Little White Schoolhouse Museum


Multiday tours in Cumberland CountyFOOTLOOSE & FLEXIBLE
If you’re a free spirit who likes to come and go at your own pace under your own steam, then these tours will suit you. Flexibility is the key word - tours are tailored to your interests and passions. We supply the maps, information tools, accommodation vouchers (you supply the vehicle) and you’re off!

Customize your tour with great add-on activities such as workshops in rug-hooking, stained glass and folk art, golf at participating courses, live theatre or a festival. Prices start at $280 Cdn per person.
 
Fundy Geological Museum
Fundy Geological Museum
   Site Meter
150 Church Street
Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada
B4H 3C4
Tel: (902) 667-2561
Fax: (902) 667-0996
Email:
ccmuseum@ns.aliantzinc.ca