The MacDonald House Museum is a 19th century, gothic-style furnished farmhouse overlooking Lake Ainslie on Cape Breton Island. The museum’s exhibit rooms feature crafts, kitchen and bedrooms, a loom room and parlor. The barn displays an assortment of farm machinery and tools. The barn also provides a spectacular setting to view Lake Ainslie or to attend an evening event. Visitors to the museum can also explore a restored one-room schoolhouse (c 1920) to learn what education used to be like in rural Cape Breton
Contact the museum directly for more information about group tours and special demonstrations.
There is Bealach Brèagh, Lake Ainslie Trail Access and parking from our site.
Access to Trans Canada Trail, Washroom during open hours.
