MacDonald House Museum

  Cape Breton Nova Scotia

Vision

The Lake Ainslie Historical Society will be an active participant in the community, supporting local business and organizations by promoting the Lake Ainslie story to residents, in-person visitors and virtual visitors

Mission

to tell the story of all peoples, Indigenous and settler, who lived or came to live at Lake Ainslie, both in the past and today, by providing a physical and virtual place to remember our history, document change and celebrate contemporary life.

Land Acknowledgement

MacDonald House Museum, and the Lake Ainslie Historical Society, acknowledges that we live and work in Mi’kma’ki, the traditional and unceded territory of the Mi'kmaq people. We recognize the Mi’kmaq people as the past, present, and future caretakers of this land, which is covered by the “Treaties of Peace and Friendship.” We are all treaty people.