Along the East Coast where we’ve been exploring is Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia. There we arrive at historic Sherbrooke Village consisting of almost 30 buildings from the 1860-1870 era. These restored buildings make up the largest Provincial museum village in Nova Scotia. An interesting component of the village is that all the buildings are where they were when they were built. Only a couple are not on their original foundations. This village with actors gives a realistic peek into the day to day workings of the residences within historical context.
The buildings are fairly realistic with a few exceptions including air conditioning in the Tea Room Café, a Gift Shop, Exhibits Building, and the Main Entrance Building. Several of the village people were not working at their specific tasks since it was too hot. We found our visit highly educational and enjoyable. A few things of note included the cheerfully painted jail building which certainly bucked the mood that the building would be expected to project; and the village merchant’s home constructed with fine craftmanship. The fireplace mantles appeared to be constructed of marble yet they were made of wood painted to appear be marble. The intricate doors appeared to be beautiful ornate grained birch wood. Nope, painted pine. Both the main floor and second floor had 12’ ceilings. In the day when this building was built it had gas lights. Nowhere else for many miles had this modern convenience.
When entering the Gift Shop Wells exclaimed to one of the shop keepers that he half expected to hear Barretts Privateers by Stan Rogers on continuous loop. She laughed and said that they use to do that. If you do not know the song, Google it now and listen. Part of the song is based in this town.
After more than three hours at the Village we head eastward along the coast enjoying the ocean, creeks, and bay views.
Seeing North America 