The Creamery Square Heritage Centre, located in Tatamagouche, combines several community museums, exhibits, collections and archives for the Northumberland Shore region.
This unique heritage complex features:
Creamery Museum, offering a rare example of an intact creamery building from 1925 with key artifacts that describe the butter making process of our famous Tatamagouche butter;
Sunrise Trail Museum; showcasing local history, lifestyle and artifacts from the 19th and 20th centuries;
Brule Fossil Centre, featuring a collection of 290-million-year-old fossil foot prints/track ways;
Anna Swan Museum, honours the life of Tatamagouche born and raised giantess Anna Swan (1846-1888) who reached a height of 7 feet 11 inches;
Mi’kmaq/ Acadian exhibit offers a glimpse into the relationship and interaction of the two cultures in the Tatamagouche area between 1710 – 1755 along with local Mi’kmaq culture in the area preceding that time;
Arts Centre, with art exhibitions and musical/dramatic performances in the theatre;
The North Shore Archives; and
Tatamagouche Farmers’ Market on Saturdays from 9am to 1pm.
The Brule Fossil Centre also includes a diorama and interactive display focus on creatures from the Permian Era that might have made the tracks discovered on a beach in Brule, near Tatamagouche, in 1994. The discovery of the fossilized footprints on the beach at Brule received recognition and support from the National Geographic Society. Fossils of Walchia, a coniferous tree from the same ancient period, also indicates that the world’s only known Walchia Forest existed at Brule.
The North Shore Archives provides an extensive collection of maps and documents, as well as genealogical records of local families; census, obituaries and cemetery records; pictures and photographs, and local history on people, places and events.
Other features include a gift shop, picnic area and beautiful views of the Waugh River.
Visit our website for further details. Bus tours are welcome.
