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Fair is the Place by Mildred & John Colin MacDonald
The Smiths of Cape Breton |
Rose in November by Francene Gillis
The
Boy from Port Hood |
CHURCH SERVICES
St. Stephen's United Church
Sunday 9:45 a.m.
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Saturday 7:00 p.m.,
Sunday 10:00 a.m.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Port Hood is noted for its beautiful scenery and two swimming beaches, lovely scenery. The Port Hood & Area Development Society have constructed a boardwalk from the Little River Beach to the Lighthouse Cottage Beach. For boat service phone: (902) 787-2515 or for boat tours call (902) 787-3490 or (902) 787-2930.
BUSINESSES
In the village, visitors will find the following businesses:
I. The name of the Society is: Chestico Museum & Historical Society.
II. The objects of the Society are:
(a) To move toward the establishment of a local historical society and museum in order to preserve the culture of our ancestors; to stimulate an interest in and revitalize older crafts and skills.
(b) To acquire by way of grant, gift purchase, bequest, devise or otherwise, real and personal property and to use and apply such property to the realization of the objects of the Society.
Provided that nothing herein contained shall permit the Society to carry on any trade, industry, or business and the Society shall be carried on without purpose of gain to any of the members and that any surplus or any accretions of the Society shall be used solely for the purpose of the Society and the promotion of its objects.
Provided, further, that if for any reason the operations of the Society are terminated or are wound up, or are dissolved and there remains, at that time, after satisfaction of all its debts and liabilities, any property whatsoever, that same shall be paid to some other charitable organization in Canada, having objects similar to those of the Society.
Contact person:
(Museum)
Anne Beaton
P.O. Box 144
Port Hood, NS
B0E 2W0
Phone: (902)787-2244
CHESTICO TARTAN
In the spring and summer of 1993 Mary (Smith) Macdonald and her two sisters Ann and Rachel designed and wove a new Chestico Tartan, which they presented to the Chestico Museum & Historical Society for original approval. The three sisters call Chestico their home and they have started a weaving business called "Three Sisters Weaving". They weave a wide range of Scottish Tartans and plaids, and take orders. They describe their Chestico Tartan design in the following manner:
Picture yourself in a
fishing boat a half-mile from Port Hood,
and the colours one would see are those in the Chestico Tartan
SAPPHIRE BLUE for the sparkling sea which is so much of our lives in Port Hood.
GREEN for our forest, fields and meadows.
BURNISHED BROWN for our sandy shores which earned the original name Mi'Kmag for Chestico which translates as "sand bar".
WHITE for the settlement of Port Hood. It has been said, "the white painted buildings" guides many fishermen back to shore!
The two strips of BLACK to remember our coal industry and our former railroad. The coal can still be found washed up on the shores of Port Hood from nearby veins.
Together the colours paint a picture of the blue water ebbing out from the sandy shores, and then into the green which is intersected by white and black.
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