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Museum Tour

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1.  Welcome Center (Entrance & Gift Shop)
2.  Quonset Huts (Exhibit Halls)
3.  Plough Sheds
4.  Boathouse
5.  H. H. Hood & Sons Blacksmith Shop
6.  Sawmill
7.  Original Trapper's Cabin
8.  Porter Brook Station & Whooper Train Ride
9.  Burnt Hill Tunnel
10. Fire Tower
11. Watchman's Camp
12-14. Machine Sheds
15. Wheelwright Shop
16. NB Professional Forester's Building
17. Cookhouse-Bunkhouse-Dingle
18. Original Avenger #14 Plane
19. Mute & Still
20. Harvester
21. Red Pines Campground

Map of Museum Site

The Woodmen's Museum complex covers several acres. All the paths and trails are marked and  easily traveled by young and old. We will try and show you as much as we can, but for the true experience, you will want to visit us.

We will start our tour at the Main Complex. Clicking on the small pictures will load larger pictures in another window.

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1. Welcome Center (Enterance & Gift Shop) - The main entrance brings you into the Gift Shop where you will be greeted by our friendly staff who can provide you with information on the museum and the surrounding area. Next you will enter the Natural History Gallery. This is the home of the Gideon Brown (taxidermist) Collection. Adjoining this room is the Art Gallery with its periodical displays. On the upper floor you will find the office of the Miramichi Salmon Association, Inc. The MSA is well known for its Salmon conservation program. Also on the upper level is the Cedar Room. This facility is appropriate for banquets, weddings, gatherings, meetings etc. and will seat 150 guests comfortably. Catering services are available upon request.

Main View
Museum Entrance & Quonset Huts
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Red Pine Gallery & Cultural Center
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Quonset Huts
   

2 & 3 The two exhibit halls are also known as "Quonset Huts". They were once used as actual Lumbering camps by Boise Cascade Company who donated the huts to the museum in the early stages of construction. We begin our visit with a geology display, because rocks and soil play an important role in the growth of trees. You will see how mother nature plays tricks which cause many deformities in the natural growth of trees. The Micmac and Maliseets were our very first lumberjacks. The primitive stone tools have evolved into metal tools and axes which are still used today. Take a stroll down memory lane. Envisage the struggles and hardships of days gone by. Imagine washing your clothes on a washboard! or ironing clothes with an iron that needed to be heated on a woodstove before using!! or the old one room school house, or the Barber shop with its red & white pole.

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Quonset Hut - Community History

Quonset Hut - Community telephone operator Mrs. Allan
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Quonset Hut - McCloskey's General Store

Quonset Hut - McCloskey's General Store
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Quonset Hut - Griffin Family Collection (First Nations Exhibit)
 

4. Plough Sheds.  Here you will find an assortment of farming equipment.

Central New Brunswick Woodmen's Museum, Inc.
Open Victoria Day Weekend, May 17th - October 17th, 2008
Daily 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
6342 Route 8 Highway, Boiestown, New Brunswick * Canada E6A 1Z5
Phone: (506) 369-7214
Fax: (506) 369 -9081