This is one of the looms in the village; located in the most recent (1865) home. (Mary Kaye, my professor, wouldn't get out of the way so she's stuck in the picture =P).

In the 1865 home, a view into a child's bedroom--okay, I admit it; I took the picture just to get in a shot of the tricycle with the giant front wheel. LOL

An organ in the 1865 home--on top is a phonograph and a Viewmaster-thingy (that was soo cool =P)

The schoolhouse (right) and the General store (left). Since there was no staff on hand, these two buildings were closed. =(

When we came out of the church I had to get a shot of the shot leading back out over Boisdale and Beinn Breagh to the left (burial spot of Alexander Graham Bell)--the picture makes it look a lot foggier than it actually was, but it's still pretty enough.

The c.1829(?) home--one of the few buildings that was floated along St. Peters to the Highland Village.

A view down from the church overlooking the c.1865 home, the schoolhouse and the general store.

This is the church on site, the Malagawatch church--in 2003 it was floated across the Bras d'Or Lakes to the Highland Village to save it from being bulldozed. The church is nearly 130 years old.

One of the many gardens on site...this picture didn't really turn out as well as I'd hoped, but here it is anyway.

A look over one of the barns over the water.

Another shot from the same location as the previous picture; from a different angle over a few storage sheds.

The Burnt Wood is one of the gardens; unfortunately the garden picture is too dark to be seen well...but I posted this one anyway. =P

This is the first log cabin after the Taigh Dubh--this was my favourite building; inside it had a bodhr�n that had actually come over from Scotland in the early 19th century, which was more than enough to hold my interest. =P

A picture taken from the road leading up from the Taigh Dubh

A look into yard behind the Taigh Dubh, surrounded by the stone wall--they'd keep the animals in the yard and on cold winter nights let them inside the house via a small door in the back of the house.

This is the Taigh Dubh, or Black House--the first building on the Highland Village tour and what many of the Scots pre-immigration to North America lived in.

The inside of the Black House--you can't really make it out because it's so dark, but you can make out the 'cupboards' in the back that actually opened up to reveal beds, the peat fireplace, low stool, and bureau to the right.

Looking up from the road from the Black house.

The home c.1865

Exterior of the carding mill

My first picture taken on the tour, from the road on the way up to the Black house.

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