Call to the Dance!

Since 1984, the Chestico Museum has been involved with the Chestico Days Dancing Festival.  The 27th edition of this event will be held in beautiful Port Hood, Cape Breton Island on Saturday, July 31, 2010 at 1:00 pm.  The Chestico Days Organizing Committee is currently searching for dancers to participate in this festival.  If you have performed in the past, we… (more…)

Sports Photos Wanted

The Chestico Museum would like to add to our inventory of Port Hood sports photos.  We are particularly interested in images of the Port Hood Royals ball team of the 1960s and Port Hood hockey players who played with the Strait Pirates during this same period.  However, photos of different sports and different eras are also very much appreciated! If you… (more…)

Duncan Gillis – Port Hood Olympic Athlete

Today (February 12, 2010) the eyes of the world will turn to Vancouver, British Columbia for the XXI Olympic Winter Games.  Tonight will be the Opening Ceremony with the highlight being the Parade of Nations,  during which the athletes will march into BC Place. As the host country, Canada will enter the stadium last.  Speed skater Clara Hughes is the athlete who… (more…)

2010: Year of the British Home Child

The federal government has declared 2010 to be the Year of the British Home Child.  Between the years 1869 and 1930, an estimated 100,000 children were sent to Canada from Great Britain.  They were orphans or children whose families were unable to care for them.  The belief was that the children would find a better life in Canada.  However, the… (more…)

Spinney – Smith – Keating Families

Some research has been done regarding a family connection between Captain David Smith of Port Hood and a certain HANNAH SMITH (1750 – ?) who married a SAMUEL SPINNEY (1717 – 1784) at Granville, Nova Scotia. It has been recorded in some family histories on the internet that Hannah Smith was born in Port Hood in 1750.  This is incorrect. … (more…)

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