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Welcome to the Monro Heritage CenterIn 1997 the village of Port Elgin purchased the long abandoned Monro house, located at 1 Spring Street. Over the next two years the structure was refurbished and on June 19, 1999 the Monro Heritage Centre was officially opened.The museum currently houses a number of historically accurate displays representing the local area. The facilities' permanent displays include a recreation of a 19th century blacksmith's forge and a scale model of old Fort Monckton. Included in the fort display, on loan from Parks Canada, are a number of artifacts unearthed during archeological digs undertaken at Fort Monckton during the 1960s. Constructed by the French in 1753, the military bastion was located on the shores of Baie Verte, near the present site of the village of Port Elgin. Just prior to the Deportation of the Acadians, in 1755 the British took possession of the fortress but it was later abandoned and destroyed in 1758. Other rotating displays within the Monro Heritage Centre depict life in the Port Elgin area over the past century. |