Nova Scotia Highlanders Regimental Museum

Nova Scotia Highlanders Regimental Museum Welcome to the Nova Scotia Highlanders Regimental Museum! Preserving the NSH legacy since 1986! Admission by donation, all welcome.

The Nova Scotia Highlanders Regimental Museum was started by our curator, Ray Coulson, in 1986 to preserve the history of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders. Since then, we have also expanded to teach the history of the 85th battalion and many other regiments and peoples from Cumberland County who served our country. Note: To access the museum there is a flight of stairs as our elevator is not in service. We do apologize for the inconvenience and the inaccessible state of the collection.

Nova Scotia Highlanders Community Council is please to inform the community that on Monday, May 4, 2026, there will be e...
05/04/2026

Nova Scotia Highlanders Community Council is please to inform the community that on Monday, May 4, 2026, there will be experts from the Army Museum Halifax Citadel on site at the Colonel James Layton Ralston Armoury, Acadia Street, Amherst to lead us in an archival process.
These accomplished archival experts will provide guidance and expertise to for the packing and processing of artefacts in preparation for relocation to a new temporary location of the Nova Scotia Highlanders Regimental Museum in Amherst.
“The Museum is supportive of and dedicated to preserving, educating about and celebrating the history of the Nova Scotia Highlanders regiment, which has played such a meaningful and significant role within Canadian Military history,” says LCol (Ret’d) Colin Todd. “We are delighted to have such accomplished historical experts lead and support us in a smooth transition for the Museum

If you are in the Amherst area check out the portraits painted by Lorne Baird on the Legion Branch 10.
11/10/2025

If you are in the Amherst area check out the portraits painted by Lorne Baird on the Legion Branch 10.

10/15/2025

Hi everyone As most of you know the Museum has been shut down because of mold being present in the building by the former Sgts. Mess.
I just receive some copies of No Retreating Footsteps and as soon as I can arrange a shipping company to ship the books, I will be able to get the ordered books out.
As our summer student is done I will be only checking on this FB weekly.
I do check our emails more often. Thanks Rick and Ray

During the First World War in 1914, African Nova Scotians responded patriotically. The men of the community wanted to vo...
08/11/2025

During the First World War in 1914, African Nova Scotians responded patriotically. The men of the community wanted to volunteer to serve overseas, yet most were rejected. Those who wanted to serve were told there was only one way, they had to form an entire segregated battalion. Black men from Nova Scotia, the rest of Canada, the United States, and the British West Indies formed the No. 2 Construction Battalion, C.E.F. with the majority of the battalions men being from Nova Scotia. In March 1917, they went overseas to support the front lines in Europe. They assisted in forestry, dug trenches, built railroads, repaired roads, and laid barbed wire. The battalion disbanded in 1920.

On August 27th, 1943, the HMCS Athabaskan was hit by a bomb. The engine room staff led by their chief, Lieut. (E) J.B. C...
07/23/2025

On August 27th, 1943, the HMCS Athabaskan was hit by a bomb. The engine room staff led by their chief, Lieut. (E) J.B. Caldwell, R.C.N., of Amherst, NS, battled through water to keep their engines going. They brought the destroyer to port even though their fuel tanks and boiler rooms were flooded.

A recent donation that we received, Empire State Express locomotive No.999 model.On May 10, 1898, the New York Central R...
07/14/2025

A recent donation that we received, Empire State Express locomotive No.999 model.

On May 10, 1898, the New York Central Railroad claimed that its steam locomotive, No.999 had become the first to hit 100 mph (161 kph) when it reached 112.5 mph (181 kph) while working the Empire State Express near Batavia, New York.

Margaret King Love McAllister was born on November 27th, 1921, she was raised in an orphanage in Glasgow, Scotland from ...
07/07/2025

Margaret King Love McAllister was born on November 27th, 1921, she was raised in an orphanage in Glasgow, Scotland from a very young age. After leaving the orphanage she worked as a domestic, cleaning houses. The original intent was for her to become a nun but she was said to be too spirited.

Margaret met Sgt. Llyod Hurley of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders while he was posted in England and Scotland during World War II. They ended up getting married without permission on January 6th, 1945. Sgt. Hurley had a furlough and went to Scotland to see Marg, while he was there, they married. When Lloyd Hurley returned to camp, he asked his friend Colin Nelson where the army Padre (military chaplain) was. Colin said, “what do you need the Padre for?” Sgt. Hurley responded, “I got married while in Scotland and now I need to get permission.”

Once the war was over Margaret Hurley moved to Nova Scotia. She lived in Maccan with her husband after arriving at Pier 21, Halifax in September 1946. Marg Hurley was known to frequently and skillfully play the piano and sing for the members at the Sergeants' Mess in Amherst. She made her own record and also sang with the Bunkhouse Boys and the Don Messer Group when they preformed in the area.

07/02/2025

The Nova Scotia Highlanders Regimental Museum is now closed to the public until further notice. Thank you for your understanding during this time.

06/17/2025

Take a look at the new Bill Connolly audio-visual room, located in our museum.

Exercise Fabius consisted of six parts and took place in the beginning of May 1944. The purpose of exercise Fabius was t...
06/05/2025

Exercise Fabius consisted of six parts and took place in the beginning of May 1944. The purpose of exercise Fabius was to help Operation Neptune (the naval component of Operation Overlord) be as effective as possible.

Below is an image of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders taking part in exercise Fabius III, at Bracklesham Bay, England. Fabius III was an exercise for the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division to prepare for the landings at Juno Beach.

In 1941, the SS Einvik, a Norwegian ship that was headed across the North Atlantic from Canada to Great Britain, was tor...
05/27/2025

In 1941, the SS Einvik, a Norwegian ship that was headed across the North Atlantic from Canada to Great Britain, was torpedoed by a German U-boat and sank off the coast of Iceland.

This lead to a 10-day journey to Iceland aboard two open lifeboats for the 23 crew members of the Einvik. Thankfully all survived the shipwreck.

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Amherst, NS

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Monday 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 4pm

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+19026674437

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