North Highlands Community Museum
North Highlands Community Museum
North Highlands Community Museum
4.5
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday
Closed
About
Our Museum can be found in Northern Cape Breton along the Cabot Trail Nova Scotia in the "Top of the Island" Region. We have a beautiful exhibit hall that includes local artifacts along with professional displays that take you back in time while getting a taste of our local heritage. We also have a blacksmith forge, settlers' garden, and a historic Church building that has become our Culture Centre where we feature talented musicians and other events each week. Our Museum also serves as the Information Centre for the the area, so there are many great reasons to stop in and visit us!
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4.5
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William D
Dayton18 contributions
Aug 2015 • Solo
Any visitor to Cape Breton who has the slightest interest in the history of the island owes it to himself or herself to visit this museum. It makes a nice rest stop while driving the Cabot Trail, but is more than worth a drive just to see the museum alone. There is a lot of history packed into this small building! A comprehensive collection of artifacts, thoughtfully arranged and informatively displayed, illustrates the everyday life of the Cape Breton gone by, showing how ordinary people did ordinary things during a different time. Allow one to perhaps three or four hours, depending on your depth of interest and your museum attendance technique. There are some nice books for sale, and rest rooms are available, but there is no snack bar or other food service. The staff is friendly and helpful.
Written September 28, 2015
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rodonisle
N. California101 contributions
Aug 2012 • Couples
To really enjoy this area, you need historic perspective. This museum supplies it in just the right size. Get out of the car for a visit here and the rest of the Cape will be made better.
Written August 18, 2012
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Thanks for visiting our Museum "Rodonisle" and for taking the time to write a review. We greatly appreciate it
Hope you enjoyed the rest of your trip on Cape Breton!
Written August 27, 2012
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theoljohnnyboy
New Florence, PA1,604 contributions
Aug 2018 • Couples
We stopped in for the use of the restroom and to buy a book on local shipwrecks that appealed to me last year but I had foolishly passed on. The staff member that we spoke to was friendly and their array of gifts is nice to browse. Cant speak to the museum as we passed on it.
Written August 10, 2018
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Mark S
Cape North, Canada5 contributions
Aug 2016 • Solo
A great place to spend a 1/2 hr. to 3+ hours. Your choice. There's a genealogy research lab, if you may have some family roots in the area. There's lots more: professionally done exhibits, a cool working blacksmith forge, a beautiful heritage garden, great friendly staff to tell you what it's like to live in this beautiful area and more.
Written November 14, 2016
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TNKaz
Kingston, TN389 contributions
Sep 2016 • Couples
We spent 1 hour at this small museum (admission $2) looking and reading about all the exhibits. The best part for us was the great home movie about life in the early days of the Northern Highlands. This is a 10 mm film that was made in the late 1940's/early 1950's, I believe. It was so interesting! We were glad we stopped here.
Written October 17, 2016
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SrMainer
Augusta, ME125 contributions
Sep 2016 • Couples
We were there third week of September 2016.
For anyone interested in history, particularly the history of this area, this small museum should be on a list of things to see while traveling the Cabot Trail. The place is full of old tools, many hand made. There are numerous other artifacts including an old fashioned teacher's desk set up in front of two student desks. We found that it was interesting enough to take more than an hour to view everything without dwelling on anything in particular.
For those not familiar, Cape North is on the Cabot Trail in an area where the road bends north of Cape Breton Highlands National Park. It is pretty close to areas as far north as a person can drive in Nova Scotia.
Well worth seeing.
For anyone interested in history, particularly the history of this area, this small museum should be on a list of things to see while traveling the Cabot Trail. The place is full of old tools, many hand made. There are numerous other artifacts including an old fashioned teacher's desk set up in front of two student desks. We found that it was interesting enough to take more than an hour to view everything without dwelling on anything in particular.
For those not familiar, Cape North is on the Cabot Trail in an area where the road bends north of Cape Breton Highlands National Park. It is pretty close to areas as far north as a person can drive in Nova Scotia.
Well worth seeing.
Written October 16, 2016
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escdvm
Carol Stream, IL96 contributions
Jun 2016
Only could spend a very short time in this quaint museum about the Gaelic influence on Nova Scotia. LOVED the interactive exhibits. Would have loved to stay at night and enjoyed the live music.
Written October 1, 2016
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Joanne M
44 contributions
Sep 2016 • Couples
This was a very well designed small, local, museum. Interesting displays and a very good example of an old loom. Really enjoyed it.
Friendly and helpful volunteer staff should be congratulated.
Friendly and helpful volunteer staff should be congratulated.
Written September 18, 2016
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Christine A
Woodslee, Canada22 contributions
Sep 2016 • Couples
We stopped because they had registers for family research, didnt find any of my family but it was still interesting and the settlers garden was quaint
Written September 17, 2016
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Ernie L
Otis, MA36 contributions
Aug 2016 • Couples
There are community centers in most tourist areas, many with local information, some with historical things as well, but the museum here is outstanding. There wasn't one thing that stood out, but the care taken to collect the items exhibited as well as the time taken to explain it all made the visit very rewarding. I know farming is hard work, and fishing for a living is hard work, but trying to do both with only five or six months of usable weather is terrifying. Yes, it only takes half an hour to go through, but worth every minute.
Written August 21, 2016
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