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Craft day at Le Village

Every day is a crafts day at Le Village historique acadien de la Nouvelle Ecosse. Friday, Sept. 28 Le Village was the featured site for the Yarmouth and Acadian Shores Craft Splash providing an opportunity to highlight crafts of yesteryear. The interpreters and volunteers at the facility in Lower West Pubnico demonstrated a variety of home-based and industrial crafts.

Along the road in the picturesque village. 1 width:500px;height:171px Trying out the craft of candle dipping. 2 width:500px;height:375px Hand dipped candles 3 height:500px;width:375px Dylan Moody shows Connor Swaine a hand-forged nail made in the blacksmith's shop. 4 width:500px;height:375px Paying close attention as knife is sharpened using a foot-driven wet-stone. 5 height:500px;width:375px
Making lobster plugs. 6 width:500px;height:375px Interpreter Olen d'Entremont (middle) explains the old ways in the lobster fishery. 7 width:500px;height:375px A hundred-year-old sewing machine still works with peddle power. 8 width:500px;height:375px Jeanne d'Entremont displays a quilt cover on the way to completion. 9 width:500px;height:375px
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Published on October 2, 2012

Along the road in the picturesque village.

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