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Official
website
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The official website of
the
Bear River Board of Trade
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Unofficial
website 1
and
website 2
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Two mirrored websites by Bear River resident
and enthusiast Elizabeth Hopkins,
with the same content
but very different designs.
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Bear River Heritage Museum
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Run by the
Bear
River Historical Society
, open from June to September.
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467 0902
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Digby
County Exhibition
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See under
Annual Events
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First
Nation (Mi'kmaq Indian) Heritage & Cultural
Center
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The Heritage Gallery
(in preparation) will contain portraits of past
chiefs and elders and displays of artefacts, some
of which are over 3,000 years old.
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467 0301
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Riverview Ethnographic Museum
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Probably the largest
private collection of folk costumes in Canada.
Open Tuesday through Saturday throughout the
year, 10am-5pm. Evenings by appointment.
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467 3762
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Bear River Board of Trade
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Maintains the
Waterfront Park, runs the
Visitors' Information Centre
and sponsors the Canada Day
celebrations as well as working with local
businesses on various projects.
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467 3200
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Bear River Community Health Clinic
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Includes services of
two doctors, a chiropractor, foot care & hair
removal clinics and support group meetings. The
administration is run largely by volunteers. Its
current programme can be seen on its
website
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Bear River Historical Society
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Organises community
programmes and workshops with a historical
orientation. It runs the
Bear River Heritage Museum
, through which it can be
contacted during the Summer.
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467 0902
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Muin Sipu School
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The Muin Sipu
(First Nation/Mi'kmaq Indian) Elementary School
has its own
website
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Bear
River Music Society
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Organises musical
entertainements for the community and venues for
local musicians. See advertisements in local
press and TV and posters in local shops.
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Post
Office
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"The most helpful Post
Office I have come across anywhere in the world" [JD].
Postmaster Mike Dondale.
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Public
Library (at Oakdene Centre)
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Includes a C@psite
(free public Internet access)
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Bear
River Sewage Treatment plant
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This innovative sewage
treatment facility has attracted visitors from
all over the world, but is no longer open to the
public. Information about it can be found in the
Visitors' Information Centre
(see below)
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Visitors'
Information Centre
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In the old Dutch
windmill at the centre of the village.
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467 3200
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The Cherry Carnival
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This is held
in mid-July and attracts visitors and tourists
from the whole region. It has its own
website
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The
Digby County Exhibition
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This is held towards
the end of August and attracts people from a wide
area . It is primarily a livestock show and
features riding competitions and pulling contests
with oxen and huge draught horses. For
information, contact Jean Marshall.
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467 3752.
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Just outside Bear River village
is the First Nation (Mi'kmaq Indian) reservation.
This holds its own cultural events, including
hands-on workshops, a medicine trail, historical
re-enactments and dramas and traditional
performing arts. It will shortly have its own
website. For details contact the manager of the
Cultural Center
, Hal Theriault.
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467 0301
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For information about the Stone
Bear Retreat contact Frank Meuse.
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467 3963
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Firemen's
Breakfast
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This is held at the
Fire Hall on the first Saturday of every month,
in support of the local volunteer fire service.
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New
Horizons Centre
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Social centre for
retired people aged over 55. Guests welcome.
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467 3919
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Royal
Canadian Legion
(Bear River Branch)
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Social centre for
veterans and their families and friends
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467 0251
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