Burnt Pugwash House Is Restored
The house that made Pugwash famous-the Thinker's Lodge where 40 years ago nuclear scientists from 13 countries gathered to plan actions for averting nuclear war-was partially destroyed by fire on Sunday, August 2, 1996. Fire officials determined that an electrical surge was the cause.
Thanks to the efforts of volunteer fire brigades and local villagers, not all was lost. Most of its contents were removed even as the Lodge burned. Children helped carry books from the unique library down to the dining hall, the converted lobster factory by the shore.
Somebody is always messing with a good and useful fire.
Where IS Pugwash? Saying it's on the Northumberland Straits covers rather a lot of ground.
Pugwash is north of Amherst, the border between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. You head across the mudflats, across the border and turn north at Amherst, go for half an hour or so and there is picturesque Pugwash, a tiny port town on the Straits just across from Prince Edward Island. Turn left at the only intersection, then right at the bank and a block away is the famous Thinkers Lodge, an underwhelming edifice.
We found the area a good place for our Rosary walks and for the dogs to do their business.
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