Brier and Long Islands Historical Society

Brier and Long Islands Historical Society Dedicated to preserving Long and Brier Island history for the future. Islands Archives is available to the public on a year round basis.

In 1984, members of Brier Islands Historical Society met with members of the Tiverton Board of Trade to found Islands Historical Society and build Islands Museum on Long Island. In 2003, archival materials were moved to Freeport, where they could be held in a climate controlled atmosphere.

05/25/2026

Islands Historical Society's AGM will be held at 6:45 pm at the Lent House, 243 Highway 217 Wednesday June 3rd, 2026. Our regular monthly meeting will be held following the AGM. Everyone is welcome.

02/25/2026

Suggestions on how to protest the cuts to Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage, especially museum funding.

The Nova Scotia government has announced the closure of twelve museums throughout the province and removed 20% of Commun...
02/24/2026

The Nova Scotia government has announced the closure of twelve museums throughout the province and removed 20% of Communities, Culture and Heritage support of the Community Museum Assistance program and $14 million in discretionary funding for arts, culture and heritage organizations.

For our museum, that will mean that we will lose over$800 in operational funds. With our insurance bill alone being over $3300, that money will be sorely missed. It’s going to become increasingly difficult to maintain our heritage and preserve our history in the coming years. Please support your community museums through volunteering and supporting fund raising efforts!

Museums play a key role in preserving and sharing our heritage. To protect that work for future generations, we’re taking steps to modernize the Nova Scotia Museum system. Nova Scotia has more provincial museum sites than any other province. With 28 sites and more than 240 buildings, the system ha...

The Tiny Tattler 📰 Feb 16, 1935.Billed as 'Canada's Smallest Newspaper,' this unique title was published intermittently...
02/15/2026

The Tiny Tattler 📰 Feb 16, 1935.
Billed as 'Canada's Smallest Newspaper,' this unique title was published intermittently in Central Grove, Digby Neck (Digby County) from 1933 to 1943. Printed on a small press with hand-set type, the Tattler began with 18 subscribers and built to over 5,000 at its peak, across Nova Scotia and beyond. A variant title, The Tiny Telegram, was also published by Shortliffe Print in Caledonia, Queens County, beginning in 1938. The issues digitized here were donated by the family and arrived bound in yearly increments, each with a hand-decorated cover. The Tattler continues to generate interest in the local news, advertisements and perspective it provided 90 years ago.

Nova Scotia Archives - Nova Scotia Historical Newspapers https://share.google/dPWDhBRr8XIfhdgCI

02/14/2026
Happy Valentine's Day 💘
02/14/2026

Happy Valentine's Day 💘

Address

243 Highway 217
Freeport, NS
B0V1B0

Telephone

902 839-2034

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