Lordly House Museum
133 Central Street B0J1J0 Chester, NS, Canada

Quaker Island Lighthouse Quaker island is a drumlin or high rounded hill formed and left behind by the moving glaciers. A group of Quaker families from New England wanted to buy the island and start a whaling industry because of the excellent deep anchorage off the point of the island. They were unable to do so, so they moved to the Northumberland Strait area. It is interesting to note that there were no trees on this island and few even today. Quaker Island’s first lighthou...Continue reading

Our grateful thanks to Elaine Collicutt and Sons for donating the coast of mowing Lordly Park weekly throughout the summer months.Our grateful thanks to Elaine Collicutt and Sons for donating the coast of mowing Lordly Park weekly throughout the summer months.

Our grateful thanks to Elaine Collicutt and Sons for donating the cost of mowing Lordly Park weekly throughout the summer months.Our grateful thanks to Elaine Collicutt and Sons for donating the cost of mowing Lordly Park weekly throughout the summer months.

We are asking that you donate to the Chester Municipal Heritage Society to help us continue our work. Without your help we will not be able to continue to function in the coming year. The revenue we raise this year enables us to function in the coming year.

Old Mill Sites and Present Mills of Windsor road, possibly late 1700’s to present By Leslie Corkum When Timothy Houghton arrived at Chester in 1776, there was already a mill on the brook that drains Stanford’s Lake. Historically, there may have been others that were located below it and the salt water. Within my memory, John and perhaps his brother; Humphrey Stanford had a finishing mill located on the North side of Stanford Lake road....Continue reading