Avon River Heritage

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The Museum consists of curative work spaces and public display areas as well as the Planters Sea Chest Gift Shop, the Lydia and Sally Café and Artists Landing Gallery. Our mission is to engage and inspire our community and beyond through preserving, sharing, and celebrating Avon River area stories, heritage, arts, culture, ecology, and interrelationships among all peoples of this area and their e

nvironment. Our Museum consists of curative work spaces and public display areas as well as the Planters Sea Chest Gift Shop, the Lydia and Sally Café and the Artists Landing Gallery.

Ronald Fredette is a Quebec-born artist with a degree in Fine Arts & Education from NSCAD. He taught in Newfoundland for...
06/01/2026

Ronald Fredette is a Quebec-born artist with a degree in Fine Arts & Education from NSCAD. He taught in Newfoundland for 31 years, winning a photography prize and even selling a painting to the government! His art has been featured in various exhibitions, including the Great Little Art Show for the past 3 years. His recent works show an apparent inspiration from the chaos of the modern world (especially in the US).


In 1749 Cornwallis founded Halifax as a counter measure to Louisbourg. He arrived with 3000 colonists, including around ...
06/01/2026

In 1749 Cornwallis founded Halifax as a counter measure to Louisbourg. He arrived with 3000 colonists, including around 418 enslaved people. Between 1750 and 1753, 2500 more German and Swiss Protestants were brought over. They eventually settled on the South Shore but for a long while lived in a temporary tent city outside of Halifax on what is now called Dutch Village Road.

On the isthmus, Le Loutre built a fort called Beausejour and Cornwallis immediately sent an officer named Lawrence to build one within sight of it (called – Fort Lawrence). Cornwallis left in 1751 and was replaced by Peregine Hobson. He was replaced in 1753 by Major Lawrence who was in frequent contact with Governor Shirley of Massachusetts.

Both were concerned about the loyalties of the Acadians.

Here are the tide times for Monday for Windsor, the tidal bore in Mantua and sunset at the Avondale Wharf!High - 2:03 ...
06/01/2026

Here are the tide times for Monday for Windsor, the tidal bore in Mantua and sunset at the Avondale Wharf!

High - 2:03 AM, 2:30 PM
Low - 8:23 AM, 8:34 PM
Bore - 12:23 PM, 12:34 AM
Sunset - 8:56 PM

Photo is of Avondale, exact date unknown

In 1748 a truce was signed ending the War of the Austrian Succession and all captured possessions were returned – includ...
06/01/2026

In 1748 a truce was signed ending the War of the Austrian Succession and all captured possessions were returned – including Louisbourg. This ignored the fact that the land was never captured or ceded by the Mi’kmaq.

Again both sides used the peace to prepare for the next war. By this time there were 9000 Acadians in the Maritimes. The English population of North America was nearing a million.

Jolene Conrad is an artist who can use many different media to create. Her art focuses on the quiet moments in nature an...
05/31/2026

Jolene Conrad is an artist who can use many different media to create. Her art focuses on the quiet moments in nature and her pieces allow the viewer to slow down and appreciate the beauty in everyday moments. This is seen in her calming depiction of King's Edghill school as well as highway 14.


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05/30/2026

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Connie Burnett has been an artist for many years and especially likes using watercolours for the transparency of the lig...
05/30/2026

Connie Burnett has been an artist for many years and especially likes using watercolours for the transparency of the light. You can see her mastery of watercolours in these recent paintings of hers!

In 1746 France sent over a great invasion fleet of more than 80 ships lead by the Duke D’Anville for the purpose of reca...
05/30/2026

In 1746 France sent over a great invasion fleet of more than 80 ships lead by the Duke D’Anville for the purpose of recapturing Louisbourg, Port Royal and possibly Boston.

They left France in the spring and right from the start had awful luck. They encountered storm after storm and a journey that should have lasted a month lasted three. By the time they finally arrived off Sable Island, disease was decimating the crew. Then a huge storm destroyed or disabled half the fleet. The remainder limped into Halifax harbour and anchored in the Bedford Basin hoping to regain health and affect repairs. But to no avail. Disease continued to claim lives. Without sufficient crew to staff them, many ships were simply scuttled and left.

In October the poor remains of the fleet decided to try to salvage some of the mission and at least recapture Port Royal. They sailed down the coast as far as Cape Sable Island and another huge storm hit them again with terrible losses and finally the pitiable remainder of the fleet sailed back to France.

Meanwhile, Quebec had sent 680 men to assist the invasion fleet and waited for word in order to launch an attack on Annapolis. Three hundred men were sent towards Annapolis to scout and passed on their journey through Newport. When they arrived in Grand Pre they were informed by Acadians that some of the English troops from Annapolis under Captain Noble had been sent to set up a fort and were billeting Acadian homes. During the night the homes were surrounded and 70 British were killed before they surrendered.

Picture here, Admiral Jean-Baptiste Louis Frédéric de La Rochefoucauld de Roye, Duc d'Anville and the action between HMS Nottingham and the Mars. Le Mars was returning to France after the failed Duc d'Anville Expedition, 11 October 1746 and was subsequently captured.

Here are the tide times for the weekend for Windsor, the tidal bore in Mantua and sunset at the Avondale Wharf!SaturdayH...
05/30/2026

Here are the tide times for the weekend for Windsor, the tidal bore in Mantua and sunset at the Avondale Wharf!

Saturday
High - 12:49 AM, 1:16 PM
Low - 7:08 AM, 7:21 PM
Bore - 11:08 AM, 11:22 PM
Sunset - 8:54 PM

Sunday
High - 1:27 AM, 1:53 PM
Low - 7:46 AM, 7:58 PM
Bore - 11:46 AM, 11:58 PM
Sunset - 8:55 PM

Photo is of the Avon river

Veryan Burcham has been an artist her whole life, and finds great inspiration from her surroundings. She is currently re...
05/29/2026

Veryan Burcham has been an artist her whole life, and finds great inspiration from her surroundings. She is currently receiving a formal art education at NSCAD, as apparent by her painting of Prime Minister Mark Carney depicted as a firefighter.

Address

17 Belmont Road, Newport Landing
West Hants, NS
B0N2A0

Opening Hours

Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

Telephone

(May – October) 902-757-1718

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