The Crescent Beach Centre is home to the Ragged Islands Coastal Heritage Project, which is currently working to preserve, document and display our communities heritage, in an effort to preserve our identity, along with our individuality.
In 2008 we hosted a number of their ongoing projects, and in 2009 we will be devoting the majority of the space within the Centre to the construction of a series of displays that can will allow visitors a window into our past, as well as a look at our present.
Because we are closed for the season we decided to move some of our most popular exhibits on to the web! Click on the links bellow to visit our virtual displays with your browser!
Because the project is based entirely within the community, it is very much open to contributions, and would cease to exist without the generous support it receives.
Volunteers are also something we are very interested in, and if you would like to volunteer to help with the project, please contact Howard or Anne Roszel at 902-656-3123.
Take a virtual tour of the first provincially registered street scape in Nova Scotia, and view the plethora of architectural variations from Lockeport's golden years.
Follow one day on a lobster boat, from the hauling of the traps to the banding of the lobsters, and their delivery to the wharf!
THE INTERPRETIVE DISPLAYS
"Fishing on the Banks" - a display of longlineing on the Grand Banks, featuring shark jaws, long lines, and a dory.
"Swordfish Sticking" - a display detailing the waning art of swordfish harpooning.
"Lobstering" - an interactive display illustrating the handling of lobsters from the trap to the wharf.
"Shore Birds and Ducks" - a display featuring duck decoys and information about the plovers nesting on the beach.
Along with the displays mentioned above, old favorites such as the Lost at Sea Memorial return again this year