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New Glasgow
Town of New Glasgow
Trans-Canada Highway 104, exit 25
Most of the inhabitants of this town are descended from settlers who arrived in the province in the mid-to-late 1700s. Concentrated in the Vale Road area they have a long tradition of survival and perseverence. In 1990 the New Glasgow Homecoming Committee started a family & town reunion for all current and past residents of New Glasgow and all their relatives, near and far. This event, which has occured in 1990, 1995, and 2000, continues to occur every 5 years in August. People come from all around the globe to mix, mingle and catchup. If you come during a year when the Homecoming event is not happening you can still meet people by popping into the Ward One Social & Recreation Centre, corner of Brother & Tremont Streets.
| Stroll up the road a bit and visit the Africentric Heritage Park on Vale Road. " . . . erected in loving memory of the first Black Settlers in Pictou County", it includes a gracefully designed ten metre tall, glass-peaked pyramid, modelled after the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt. Composed of stones gathered from Africa, Europe, the United States, and Canada, representing the origins of north-eastern Nova Scotia's Black community, it is a vision to behold. |
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Come, read the historical panels telling the story of the People; then, sit and listen to the voices in the wind. Over on Washington Street you'll find the Second United Baptist Church organized in 1903 by Rev. W.A. White (1874-1936).
Museums, Archives, Memorial Sites
Africentric Heritage Park
Trans-Canada Highway 104 or 106
Corner of Vale Road and Tremont Street
The first Black settlers to the New Glasgow area arrived in the mid 18th century. In commemoration of their African Heritage, locals built the Africentric Heritage Park. A prime family picnic spot right in the heart of New Glasgow's Black Community.
Tel.: 1.902.752.8990
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