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Built Heritage on the Northumberland Shore


 

The North Cumberland Historical Society is collecting photos and recording the histories of homes, barns, and outbuildings built in Pugwash and the communities of North Cumberland. Our area has a rich history of built heritage with buildings dating back as far as the early 1800s. The ‘Built Heritage Project’ is an on-going inventory of buildings that were built before 1960 and are still in use, abandoned, or that used to exist in the areas served by the NCHS. This project was made possible by seed funding from Douglas

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If you are looking for information and maps of land grants in Nova Scotia, please be sure to check out our Land Grants page.

Communities Included in this Project

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  • Appleton

  • Carrington

  • Conns Mills

  • Fountain Road

  • Fox Harbour

  • Gulf Shore Road

  • Hartford

  • Linden

  • Lower Greenville

  • Malagash

  • Middleboro

  • Northport

  • Port Howe

  • Port Philip

  • Pugwash Junction

  • Pugwash

  • Pugwash River

  • Riverview

  • Rockley

  • Streets Ridge

  • Victoria

  • Wallace

  • Wallace Bay

  • Wallace Grant

  • Wallace Bridge

  • Wallace Ridge

  • Wallace Station

  • Wentworth

  • Wentworth Station

  • Westchester

  • And everywhere in between

Ways to Participate

 

We look forward to sharing what has been collected in our archives and discovered through research but we need your help. We are looking for:

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  • Historical Documents (Examples include personal letters where a building is described, receipts from businesses, or wills that describe properties)

  • Land Deeds

  • Ledgers from Local Businesses

  • Newspaper Clippings on the History of Specific Areas and/or Buildings.

  • Maps or Hand-drawn Sketches of Who Lived or What Buildings Stood Where.

  • Recollections of Floor Plans

  • People who know the History of their Home and/or Buildings in the Area

  • Photos

  • Scrapbooks

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If you have items like this and want to share the history of your house/barn/or outbuildings, we want to hear it. Information can be shared with us at ncumbhistorical@gmail.com. If you're up for a visit, we would be more than happy to stop in and talk about your building and/or copy items, so that they stay with you.

 

You can also:

  • Stop by the 2nd floor of the Pugwash Train Station to see us on Fridays, 1 to 4 pm (Excluding holidays).

  • Reach us by telephone at 902-243-3348 during office hours on Fridays, 1 to 4pm (Excluding holidays).

  • Download the Built Heritage Inventory Form and send it to us at North Cumberland Historical Society, PO Box 353, Pugwash NS, B0K 1L0.

  • Complete the online Built Heritage Inventory Form below.

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