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Ottawa House By The Sea Museum
Address: 1155 Whitehall Road, Parrsboro, NS, Canada B0M 1S0
Telephone: 1 902 254 2376
Hours of Operation:
Daily: 10:00 - 6:00
24th of May weekend to mid September
Admission
Adults: $2.00
Children accompanied by an adult: free
Donations always accepted.
The Ottawa House By The Sea is now a community museum operated by the Parrsborough Shore Historical Society and exhibits over five hundred and eighty artifacts. The museum and staff are devoted to preserving and exhibiting the history of the house, the once important community of Partridge Island, the Parrsborough Shore and the community of Parrsboro.
The museum seeks to interpret the original native occupation, the Acadian contribution, the seafaring, lumbering and shipbuilding of the region, as well as the lives of the succession of owners of the house, including Sir Charles Tupper's life at the Ottawa House. In fact, it was Sir Charles who named his summer residence the Ottawa House By The Sea while negotiating the articles of Confederation.
The genealogy section houses over twelve hundred Parrsboro and area school registers along with numerous local family files.
Programming at the museum includes:
Sunday speakers, children's activities, genealogical research, family gatherings, wedding parties and much more.
Walk on the ocean's floor at low tide, beachcomb for pottery shards, coins and other aritfacts remaining from the original Partridge Island settlement of the 1800's, hike Partridge Island to the peak and recuperate with an ice cream on the front verandah, talk with the museum guides and learn the 'peculiar' story of the notorious rum-running Capt Merriam, or visit the site of the grave of one of the original residents of the now lost community of Partridge Island.
With approximately 7,000 visitors in 2005, the museum serves as an important tourist attraction and economic resource to the Parrsboro area and stands as a reminder of our roots in the past.
An assortment of sea glass, shells, driftwood and stones shaped by the eternal tides collected from the beach at Ottawa House
Who can identify the beige and brown article at the centre of the display? Any best guesses?