It's great to be back at the blog after a two week hiatus. Things got very busy in the office juggling some pretty big projects and preparing for our annual conference. While things haven't really settled, I think it's time to take a step back, breathe, and review.
We focus a lot on geography in our work. In order to provide fair and equal services to the four heritage regions (Cape Breton, Central, Northeast, Southwest), we move our conference around the province. This means that it should be in your neighbourhood once every four years. This year it was the Northeast's turn, and we were in the lovely town of Tatamagouche.
Thursday's afternoon activities divided the group. The studious crowd stayed at the Tatamagouche Centre for a workshop on museums and insurance. This is an issue that we've been hearing a lot about over the past 2 years, and it was great to be able to bring in some experts to share their insights. The adventurous crowd went on a tour of local museums. We visited the Creamery Square Heritage Centre, Wallace and Area Museum, Balmoral Grist Mill and Sutherland Steam Mill. Yes, there were oatcakes and apple cider.
Having never been to the mills, it was great to finally check them off my list of Nova Scotia museums to visit. I also thoroughly enjoyed our local tour guides and their insights as we drove from site to site. I miss that during my lone travels around the province, and while I've spent a fair bit of time in this region, I'd never noticed the extensive Acadien dyke system or knew what old settlements were hiding in the woods.
So here are some pictures from the tour. Thanks to the local arrangements committee for pulling the tour together. It was a job well done!
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| Brule fossil collection, Creamery Square |
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| Sally posing beside a reproduction of Anna Swan's dress, Creamery Square |
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| one of two 2-headed calves, Creamery Square |
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| hiking trails, Wallace & Area Museum |
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| mural in progress, Wallace & Area Museum |
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| Darrell teaching milling 101, Balmoral Grist Mill |
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| inside the Balmoral Grist Mill |
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| Balmoral Grist Mill |
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| school desk graffiti, Sutherland Steam Mill |
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| milling about, Sutherland Steam Mill |
There are lots more photos on Facebook, so feel free to check them out.
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