Boat Shop Memory Lane. Photo: Lynda Mallett
Heritage Quest - April 17th, 11:00 - 4:00
Free Admission
Take a Sunday Drive to Memory Lane on April 17th as part of HRM’s Heritage Quest commemorating World Heritage Day. We’re launching our new Heritage Hunt for families—a riddle-based mystery tour of the Village with some unique prizes if you solve all the clues. Join our animators in bending a few boat ribs using our new steam box in the Boat Shop. See our Shingle Mill in operation, learn how to use a peavey, and try your hand at tying fishermen’s knots. We’ll have the fires on in the Homestead, and plenty of treats and stories to keep you warm.
In recognition of World Heritage Day, it’s free admission!
The Cookhouse will be open from 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM, serving fishcakes & beans, soup, “fresh from the oven” bread and dessert, all for $10.
The Eastern Shore Archives will also be open for family research.
For more information go to www.heritagevillage.ca or visit the HRM Heritage Quest Site at www.halifax.ca/events/. Call 1-877-287-0697 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1-877-287-0697 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.
Full Schedule:
Family “Heritage Hunt” with Prizes
Follow a set of riddles through the Village in search of mystery objects. Once you have solved all the riddles, you win a prize.
Steam Box Demonstrations
Join us for the first firing of our new steam box in the Norm Hutt Boatshop. See how wood is softened in order to form the ribs of a boat.
Shingle Mill & Engine Demonstrations
If you haven’t seen the shingle mill in action, this is your chance to be wowed by the big blade. Take home a souvenir shingle.
Woodstove Treats & Stories in the Homestead
The home fires will be burning and the smell of baking will be coming from the homestead, along with lots of stories about the Eastern Shore.
Knots & Logs
Learn how to tie some fishing knots, how a lobster trap is made, and the right way to roll a log using a peavey.
Deep Roots: Find Your Family
The Eastern Shore Archives will be open from 11 AM -3 PM with volunteers on hand to help you find out more about your family tree.
Cookhouse Chow: Fishcakes & Beans Special $10
Includes soup, fishcakes, beans, fresh brown bread, gingerbread, cookies and beverage. Cookhouse will be serving from 11 AM to 3 PM.
Admission: We will not be charging admission on this day. Donations are warmly welcomed. As we are opening specially for the Heritage Quest, there will be some aspects of our regular Memory Lane experience missing, such as the Soundscapes in the buildings and our heritage vehicles, which are still in storage. However, there will still be plenty to do, and we hope you will return in the summer when we’ll have lambs, kittens, chickens and a thriving garden!
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