Turn along the treed roadway at Uniacke Estate Museum Park in Mount Uniacke in the Halifax Metro region and feel like you’re traveling a direct route to the 1800s! Arrive at an elegant home overlooking Lake Martha, once known as a prominent place on one of only two “great roads” in Nova Scotia.
Here, Richard John Uniacke, a prosperous Irish politician, built his country mansion in 1816. One of the grandest houses in Nova Scotia, it became a favorite home for seven generations of his large family. Inside, find a rare survival of one family’s treasured possessions. See fine, labeled London furniture and exquisite portraits at home in this house for hundreds of years.
Outside, explore the English country landscape, do some birdwatching and stroll or hike along eight modern walking trails on its 930 hectare property. The trails vary in length – from 0.7 km to 7.8 km (.4 mi to 4.8 mi) – taking you through forest, along lakeshore, atop a drumlin, and near marshland. Some trails feature 18th-century English landscape traditions such as the remains of a haha wall, a hothouse, and imported trees.
Brochures, parking and picnic tables are all located at the museum grounds.
