OUTLINE FOR - NATIONAL GATHERING - JULY 11-13, 2008
Do you enjoy - - - - meeting new people? Exploring Canada's risch history? Great scenery? Friendly people? Celtic entertainment?
Then come and join your fellow Clan Ross members from across Canada (and the USA) in beautiful Cape Breton, in Canada's "New Scotland". Afterwards, stay on and tour the rest of the incredible Atlantic Provinces.
- Place:
Highland Heights Inn in Iona, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
- Special $95 (+tax) room rate, call (902) 725-2360 to reserve
- Events:
Friday evening, July 11 - Registration and Reception at Highland Heights Inn
- Saturday, July 12 - Bus tour (Cape Breton Gaelic College in St. Ann's, Giant Angus MacAskill Museum in Englishtown, and Glenora Distillery and Restaurant/Pub near Mabou)
- Saturday evening, July 12 - Entertainment with Burns' Address to a Haggis, Slide presentation on Cape Breton, Cape Breton piper, and Celtic fiddler
- Sunday, July 13 - Annual General Meeting in morning followed by self-tour of Highland Village Museum in Iona www.museum.gov.ns.ca/hv
- Other Local Attractions:
- Fortress of Louisbourg, near Sydney - the largest reconstructed 18th-century French fortified town in North America
- Cape Breton Highlands National Park - 1st national park in the Atlantic Provinces. Home of the incredible scenery of the world-famous Cabot Trail
- Antigonish Highland Games, the oldest continuous games in North America, July 18-20. Call (902) 863-4275 or www.antigonishhighlandgames.com
- The Hector Heritage Quay in Pictou, Nova Scotia, landing site of the first Scottish settlers Sherbrooke Village, Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia, a typical historic Nova Scotia village, a living memory of Nova Scotia. www.museum.gov.ns.ca/sv
- Visit the Clan Ross monument at Lord Selkirk Provincial Park, PEI, plus the Scottish Immigrant Memorial and St. John's Presbyterian Church at Belfast, PEI
- Kings Landing Historical Settlement, an early 1800's living museum 34 km west of Fredericton, N.B. www.kingslanding.nb.ca/
- Enjoy the many beaches, walking trips, golf courses, etc.
For Nova Scotia Tourist Information call 1-800-565-0000 www.novascotia.com
For New Brunswick Tourist Information call 1-800-561-0123 www.tourismnewbrunswick.ca
For Prince Edward Island Tourist Information call 1-800-463-4734 www.gov.pe.ca
For Newfoundland Labrador Tourist Information call 1-800-563-6353 www.newfoundlandlabrador.com
If you have any other questions, contact Christopher Rayworth, N.S. Commissioner, at (902) 832-9280, E-mail: smore@ns.sympatico.ca; or Donald Ross, Clan Ross N.S., at (902) 865-9192, E-mail: donaldross@eastlink.ca
Did you know . . . . that before Canada became a nation, between the years of 1817 and 1838, the population of Cape Breton increased by about 30,000 persons (most of these were Highland Scots)