Les Trois Pignons

Les Trois Carpet Museum

Everyone needs to see this place and have a tour of these special types of hand made rugs. You will not believe the rugs hanging in the last room of the tour.

Acadian books, crafts and history

This is a good centre to find Acadian books, crafts and history . There are small samples of rug hooking kits, flags, books on the local area, and various crafts and souvenirs. The staff were pleasant...

A gem of a museum

A must see! The focus is primarily on the development of the world famous Cheticamp rug hooking style. Also artifacts depicting daily life in the early days of this isolated community. Human resilienc...

Hooked on rugs☺

Les tois pignons means “the three gables” and is a cultural center in Chéticamp, at the northern tip of Nova Scotia [Latin for New Scotland]. It houses the Elizabeth LeFort Gallery and the Marguerite ...

You’ll get ‘hooked’

We learned some new things about this area of Nova Scotia. This is a small museum that focuses on Acadian life and a special talent for hooked rugs. The demonstration highlighted the techniques for ‘h...