Shelburne (Nova Scotia)

A collection of authentic, restored original buildings that have been the locations for numerous films, including Mary Silliman’s War, The Scarlet Letter, Virginia’s Run, and Wilby Wonderful, and for the television miniseries Moby Dick (2009), and The Book of Negroes (2015).

A restored home built in 1787 by David Nairn, a cooper from Scotland. Canada's oldest fire pumper - a 1740 Newsham. From the founding peoples - the Mi'kmaq, Loyalist, Black Loyalist, Acadian and Welsh - to the glorious age-of-sail shipbuilding era and the fishery, the County Museum tells all through fascinating artifacts like model ships, antique tools, portraits, costumes and maps.

The first massive wave of Black immigration into Canada took place in 1783, when about 3,000 Black Loyalists fled New York City after aiding the British on the losing side of the American Revolutionary War and sailed to Nova Scotia. They settled in Annapolis Royal, Digby and Saint John among other communities, but the largest Black settlement became Birchtown, just outside the booming town of Shelburne. The centre tells their story, and includes a 19th-century community Church and school.