Much Ado at Middle Sackville’s Campbell Carriage Factory Museum & Much To Do at Moncton’s Casino NB
BOXSCORE | Center, Sackville, New Brunswick (January 6, 2023) On December 16, 2022, I drove throughout the Tantramar Marsh that separates Nova Scotia and New Brunswick en route to go to my good friend GG for a Christmas brunch at his home a day forward of snowstorm that by no means truly got here (although it will on Christmas Day). Realizing I used to be working forward of schedule, I made a decision (as I usually do) to take the longer, extra scenic route into Sackville. In doing so, I handed by means of Center Sackville, one thing that I’ve performed extra instances that I can rely on my palms or my toes.
As I pulled as much as the cease signal adjoining to Lillas Fawcett Park, the place individuals of all ages prefer to go for a dip through the hotter, summer time months (versus going for a Polar Dip, a New Year’s Day tradition in such communities as close by Dorchester, New Brunswick, residence of Keillor House, which in 2021 saw would be polar dippers dip themselves into an outdoor pool due to thin ice), earlier than I might look left to show in direction of Sackville, one thing caught my eye over on the Tantramar Heritage Belief’s Campbell Carriage Manufacturing unit Museum, which, between 1855 and 1949, “produced high-quality horse-drawn autos, instruments, agricultural tools, and caskets. Subsequent generations would department out into each hay dealership and endeavor.” The unique 1838 constructing was constructed as a tannery.
As for what precisely “caught my eye,” there gave the impression to be the body of some form of shed (or constructing) being added on to this distinctive museum that, for a time, was believed to accommodate the horse-drawn funeral carriage that carried the physique of Sir John A. MacDonald, Canada’s first Prime Minister, to his final resting place in Kingston, ON earlier than being bought to a funeral residence in Crapaud, Prince Edward Island, ultimately making it is solution to the Campbell Carriage Manufacturing unit Museum. In actuality, it will seem that it was the hearse that carried that physique of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker (an previous Cadillac) that wound up at that very same Crapaud, PEI funeral residence. Irrespective of the way you slice it, there’s positively “A lot Ado…” ( about one thing) nowadays on the Campbell Carriage Manufacturing unit Museum in Center Sackville.
Two weeks later (December 30, 2022) on my solution to choose up a good friend in Sackville, NB en path to travelling to Moncton, New Brunswick for a night of meals and gaming at Casino New Brunswick, it was like deja vu yet again (Yogi Berra), as I discovered myself turning proper (once more) to take a more in-depth have a look at what was being performed on the Campbell Carriage Manufacturing unit Museum. The one method that I’d get any additional info could be to e mail PB, one of many Campbell Carriage Manufacturing unit Museum’s most ardent of fanatics (who enjoys giving in-season blacksmithing demonstrations on the Museum’s on-site blacksmith forge).
“A donor has made it potential to forge forward with lengthy dreamt of plans… together with the easy ‘shed’ being constructed to accommodate a number of further horse-drawn autos that guests can view simply by strolling by,” acknowledged PB. “We’ll see what climate permits… but it surely must be practical for this summer time season.” Whereas the Campbell Carriage Manufacturing unit Museum is at present for the winter, it’s scheduled to re-open in Could 2023. As for it is sister museum, the Boultenhouse Heritage Centre, it’s open between 10 am-2 pm Tuesday by means of Friday.
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