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The historic town of Mahone Bay, settled in the 1764 on the rocky coast of Nova Scotia, reflects its illustrious past in wonderfully preserved architecture. Wooden buildings feature pedimented dormers, gingerbread decoration, raised eyebrow trim over windows, Italianate entrances and the classic Lunenburg Bump.
Stories recorded from the town’s early days as a centre for shipbuilding and fishing tell tales of trips to the Grand Banks, shipwrecks, the August Gales, privateers, rum running and trade throughout the maritime world.
The Mahone Bay Settlers Museum is proud to present Windows on the Past: A virtual tour of Mahone Bay, an exhibit designed to capture the imagination through historical and contemporary photographs and descriptive letters. In the fine tradition of touring, we supply the guide and the locale and take you to meet some of Mahone Bay’s colourful historical characters to hear stories of rum running and haunted houses.
