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DRAWINGS

As a young boy, Charlie's teachers did not take kindly to his sketching in the classroom. He left school at age 15, worked as a carpenter apprentice into the mid 1890's, continuing his drawings of local characters, trees, animals and his native homestead. In 1898, he went to sea...

ABOUT US

In his ninety-three years, Charles Macdonald was a sailor, a folk artist, a manufacturer ,and socialist. The Charles Macdonald House of Centreville Society celebrates the life and work of this exceptional Nova Scotian.

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LOCATION

Hours

June, Wednesday to Sunday 10 to 5

July and August, everyday 10 to 5

 

19 Saxon Street, Centreville

Nova Scotia, B0P 1J0

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902-678-3177 

charlesmacdonaldsociety@gmail.com​

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Thank you, Kings County Vision grant, Canada Cultural Spaces, Canadian Legacy Grant,

Nova Scotia Communities Culture and Heritage, 

Nova Scotia Summer Student Skill Incentive (SKILL), Canada Summer Jobs,

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