Intersecting Cultures of Atlantic Canada

by Emma Lang  | Archaeological Sites, Cultural Heritage Centre, Cultural Landscape, Geocache, Historic Building, House Museum/Homestead, Military, Monument / Landmark, Museum/Gallery, Places of Faith, Queer Historic Place

This list is of places where you can learn about the many cultures that have, and continue to, make Atlantic Canada home. Many of these places share stories of what has happened as different groups crossed paths or lived in the same area.

Places

Red Bay National Historic Site

Red Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador

Saint John Jewish Historical Museum

Saint John, New Brunswick

Saint Croix Island

Canada

Monument-Lefebvre National Historic Site

Memramcook, New Brunswick

Monument for Recognition in the 21st century (MR21)

Moncton, New Brunswick

Beothuk Interpretation Centre

Boyd's Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador

Grand-Pré National Historic Site

Grand Pré, Nova Scotia

The O’Ree and Lawrence Families

Fredericton, New Brunswick

The Making of Slavery: Caleb Jones

Fredericton, New Brunswick

The Black Watch and the Black Loyalists

Nashwaak Bridge, New Brunswick

The Agnew Farmstead

Fredericton, New Brunswick

Hector House

Gagetown, New Brunswick

Beaverbrook Art Gallery

Fredericton, New Brunswick

Beaubears Island

Miramichi, New Brunswick

Private: Port au Choix National Historic Site

Port au Choix, Newfoundland and Labrador

L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site

Saint Lunaire-Griquet, Newfoundland and Labrador

Private: Sinclair Inn

Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia

Melanson Settlement National Historic Site

Granville Ferry, Nova Scotia

The Bog

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Connell House

Woodstock, New Brunswick

Charles Macdonald Concrete House

Centreville, Nova Scotia

The Hectors, The Peters and contradicting histories

Gagetown, New Brunswick

Beaubassin and Fort Lawrence National Historic Sites

Memramcook, New Brunswick

Black Loyalist Heritage Centre

Shelburne, Nova Scotia

Castle Hill National Historic Site

Freshwater, Newfoundland and Labrador

Fort Beauséjour – Fort Cumberland National Historic Site

Aulac, New Brunswick

Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site

Nova Scotia

New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame

Fredericton, New Brunswick

Poor House, Saint Andrews

St. Andrews, New Brunswick

Skmaqn–Port-la-Joye–Fort Amherst National Historic Site

Rocky Point, Prince Edward Island

Sir Richard Clarke Landing Site

Saint Lawrence, Newfoundland and Labrador

USS Truxtun and USS Pollux Historic Wreck Sites

Saint Lawrence, Newfoundland and Labrador

The Journey of Nancy, and her son Lidge

Fredericton, New Brunswick

Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Wilson’s Point Historic Site

Derby Junction, New Brunswick

Hatfield House

Tusket, Nova Scotia

Albert County Museum & RB Bennett Centre

Hopewell Cape, New Brunswick

Musée acadien de Caraquet

Caraquet, New Brunswick

Avon River Heritage Centre

Newport, Nova Scotia

Hopedale Mission

Hopedale, Newfoundland and Labrador

No Slave Masters Admitted: The Quaker Meeting Hall, Beaver Harbour

Beaver Harbour, New Brunswick

Lucy Mitchell vs. Annapolis Country Poor Farm Cemetery, Bridgetown, N.S.

Bridgetown, Nova Scotia

The Jordantown Acaciaville Conway Betterment Association

Acaciaville, Nova Scotia

Emmanuel Baptist Church

Upper Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia

The Van Buskirks, Loyalist nomads

Aylesford, Nova Scotia

Government House and the Maroons

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Kings College (and the slave economy)

Windsor, Nova Scotia

Maroon Hill

Middle Sackville, Nova Scotia

Saint Thomas Baptist Church

North Preston, Nova Scotia

Black Islanders: The Shephards

Cardigan, Prince Edward Island

Sinclair Inn Museum

Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia

Fort Saint Louis

Baccaro, Nova Scotia

Evergreen House

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Dunbar Falls (Liberty Lane)

Fredericton, New Brunswick

Halifax Citadel National Historic Site

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Georges Island National Historic Site

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site

Nova Scotia

Boishébert and Beaubears Island Shipbuilding National Historic Sites

New Brunswick

Salome’s Well (or Salome’s Tub)

Saint Marys Parish

Fort Edward National Historic Site

Windsor, Nova Scotia

Torbay History House & Museum

Torbay, Newfoundland and Labrador

Road Map

Red Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador to Torbay, Newfoundland and Labrador

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