Tag Archives: Port Hood

Twilight Tales Walking Tours 2025

The Chestico Museum & Historical Society is pleased to offer Twilight Tales walking tours of Port Hood. Chestico Museum guides in historic costume (John & Cathy Gillies) will bring the past alive as they highlight the people, events and sights of Port Hood’s past. Hear tales of the sea, phantom ships, amazing rescues and ghostly encounters. This year the tours… (more…)

Summer 2025 Ceilidh Schedule

Join us for a ceilidh at the Chestico Museum at 7 PM every Thursday in July and August. Admission is $10 and tea will be served! Schedule: July 3: John Donald Cameron, Cathy Hawley, Hughie John Beaton July 10: Shelly Campbell, Allan Dewar, Frances MacEachen & Lili Watson July 17: Taya MacDonald, Donald Gillis, Finlay MacDougall, Lisa Cameron & Vern… (more…)

Dr. Karly Kehoe Talk

The Chestico Museum will host a talk by Dr. Karly Kehoe, Professor of History & Canada Research Chair in Atlantic Canada Communities at St. Mary’s University, on Tuesday, June 24 at 7 PM. Scotland Displaced: Resilience in Cape Breton’s Backland Communities will explore the links between clearance, displacement, and resilience. It will consider how displaced people from three of Scotland’s… (more…)

Summer 2024 Ceilidh Schedule

Join us for a ceilidh at the Chestico Museum at 7 PM every Thursday in July and August. Admission is $10 and tea will be served. Schedule: July 4: John Donald Cameron, Gordon MacLean, Francis MacDonald July 11: Taya MacDonald, Donald Gillis, Finlay MacDougall, Peter MacKenize July 18: Stephanie MacDonald, Neil McDaniel, Edgar Cormier, Sandy Gillis July 25: Kinnon Beaton,… (more…)

Thursday Evening Ceilidhs

Join us for a ceilidh at the Chestico Museum at 7 PM every Thursday in July and August. Admission is $5 and tea will be served. Schedule:July 6th – John Donald Cameron, Gordon MacLean, Barbara Cameron July 13th – Joe MacMaster, Cathy Hawley, Boys from the Hood July 20th – Cameron Chisholm, Mary Graham, Lauchie Beaton July 27th – Stephanie… (more…)

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