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Margaree Salmon Museum The Margaree Salmon Museum - 61 years young!
2026 SEASON will open Wed. June 24th. My favourite by far was the Margaree Salmon Museum.

"Cape Breton offers a surprisingly large number of wonderful, quirky museums. Situated in a small white house near the Margaree River, just off the stretch of the Cabot Trail linking Baddeck and Margaree Harbour...I was drawn to a hand-painted mural depicting the salmon's life cycle: here are the adults swimming up the Margaree River, there are the fertile eggs, and there they are hatching into alevins, which will travel downriver and grow into fry, parr, smolt, and eventually into adult oceanfaring salmon. "They're fortunate," the curator said. "Atlantic salmon don't die when they spawn. They come back year after year."
- "The High Road on Cape Breton"
Alan Burdick, The New York Times

🎟Thank you to everyone who bought tickets and supported our raffle this season, and congratulations to our lucky winners...
10/18/2026

🎟Thank you to everyone who bought tickets and supported our raffle this season, and congratulations to our lucky winners!🎣

1st prize: Ashton MacLellan
2nd prize: Dannie MacLellan
3rd prize: Jesslyn Brown
4th prize: Tom Godreau

Don't forget to buy your tickets before this week's draw!Just go to halftime5050.ca for more info!!🎣
10/11/2026

Don't forget to buy your tickets before this week's draw!
Just go to halftime5050.ca for more info!!🎣

Don't forget to stop by the museum before we close for the season on the 18th to stock up on museum merch, and don't for...
10/09/2026

Don't forget to stop by the museum before we close for the season on the 18th to stock up on museum merch, and don't forget to enter your name in our raffle for a chance to win 1 of 4 prizes!
We are here 9am-4pm, Wednesday to Sunday!

October is Mi'kmaw History Month in Nova Scotia and the theme this year is We Are Healing.Here at the museum we are alwa...
10/02/2026

October is Mi'kmaw History Month in Nova Scotia and the theme this year is We Are Healing.

Here at the museum we are always aiming to better represent and more accurately share the stories of Mi’kmaw people and their relationship with Plamu (Salmon), here on the Margaree and all across Unama'ki

We encourage you to check out their website at https://mikmaqhistorymonth.ca/ for more resources, information, past posters, educational videos, event calendars, and more!

Today is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada, also known as Orange Shirt Day to many.Orange Shirt Day is...
09/30/2026

Today is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada, also known as Orange Shirt Day to many.
Orange Shirt Day is a legacy of the St. Joseph Mission Residential School Commemoration Project and Reunion events that took place in Williams Lake, BC, Canada, in May 2013. This project was the vision of Esketemc (Alkali Lake) Chief Fred Robbins, who is a former student himself.
Phyllis (Jack) Webstad told the story of her first day at residential school when her shiny new orange shirt, bought by her grandmother, was taken from her as a six-year old girl.

Her bright orange shirt symbolized love and belonging. When it was taken away, it represented how the system tried to strip away identity, culture, and the fundamental truth that Every Child Matters.

Go to https://orangeshirtday.org/ for more information and resources

09/27/2026

The Margaree Salmon Museum community extends our deepest condolences to the family and friends of the late Ralph MacPherson of Margaree Valley. Ralph was one of the founding members of the Museum Board, providing supportive leadership in those early days some sixty years ago. We will remember him well.

Don't forget to get your Nova Scotia Halftime 50/50 tickets before next weeks draw on the 29th! The winner this week too...
09/25/2026

Don't forget to get your Nova Scotia Halftime 50/50 tickets before next weeks draw on the 29th!
The winner this week took home $845.00!
Get your tickets here -> http://halftime5050.ca/

A few photos from our World Rivers Day this past weekend!🎣A HUGE Thank You to everyone who attended!We'd also like to th...
09/23/2026

A few photos from our World Rivers Day this past weekend!🎣
A HUGE Thank You to everyone who attended!

We'd also like to thank ACAP Cape Breton, Nova Scotia Salmon Association, Atlantic Salmon Federation, and Department of Fisheries and Oceans, for sharing the afternoon with us.
We would like to especially thank the Margaree Salmon Association for partnering with us again this year to make it all possible.

World Rivers Day is well under way here at the museum!Be sure to stop by from 11-2pm today to grab a hotdog, take a cast...
09/20/2026

World Rivers Day is well under way here at the museum!
Be sure to stop by from 11-2pm today to grab a hotdog, take a cast in the "fish pond", buy a t-shirt, and catch some music!

Address

60 East Big Intervale Road
Margaree, NS
B0E2A0

Opening Hours

Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4am
Friday 9am - 4pm
Saturday 9am - 4pm
Sunday 9am - 4pm

Telephone

+19022482848

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