past event

The Inverness County Tartan Competition

Date: Wednesday, October 1st 2003

In the fall of 2003, the Lake Ainslie Weavers and Craft Guild sponsored a competition to design the official district tartan for Inverness County. District tartans reflect geographical areas, and offer a unifying symbol of the people, history, heritage and traditions of a community. These distinct textiles inspire loyalty, linking land and community through symbolic…

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past event

The Hundred-Year-Old Trousseau

Date: Thursday, March 1st 2001

In 2001, members of the Lake Ainslie Weavers and Craft Guild opened an exhibit of The Hundred-Year-Old Trousseau at the Mary Black Gallery in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The trousseau was created for a fictitious young woman, Rachel Campbell, who was raised on a farm in East Lake Ainslie, Cape Breton. Viewers were asked to imagine…

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