Monday, March 16
Given the continued spread of COVID-19, the Fairbanks Centre will be closed to the public starting Monday, March 16. The Centre will reopen when appropriate.
Staff are still available via phone or email, so please reach out if you have any questions.
For the most up-to-date information on COVID-19 and Nova Scotia’s response, visit novascotia.ca/coronavirus.
Please help the SCC conserve and maintain our historical one-of-a-kind locks and our beautiful parks along the Shubenacadie Canal System by Adopting A Lock. To show our gratitude get a one of a kind stuffed animal native to the waterway with your $50 symbolic adoption. Choose from a chickadee, eagle, mallard duck, squirrel, raccoon or beaver.
A full colour 8.5 x 11 adoption certificate.
An 8 page booklet about the historic Lock.
Tax receipt.
We have three historic options to choose from this year:
This December stop by the Fairbanks Centre and buy a winter raffle ticket.
Tickets make the perfect stocking stuffer.
The prize is a gift basket valued at over $200 full of items from local Dartmouth businesses.
Tickets are only $2 each or 3 for $5!
The winner will be drawn on January 31, 2020
We are so excited to announce a new fundraising initiative called Adopt-A Lock.
Just in time for the holiday season, the people of Nova Scotia can now symbolically adopt a piece of Nova Scotia history. There are currently three locations to be adopted: The Marine Railway in Downtown Dartmouth, Lock 3 at Shubie Park and Lock 6 at Horne’s Settlement in Enfield.
A $25 symbolic adoption includes a full-colour, 8.5” x 11” adoption certificate and a commemorative 8-page historical booklet about the Lock. A $50 symbolic adoption includes, a full-colour, 8.5” x 11” adoption certificate, a commemorative 8-page historical booklet about the Lock and a one of a kind stuffed animal native to the waterway or an 8×10 framed photograph of the Lock. A tax receipt will be issued for the full amount of the adoption.
“We are very excited to launch a new engaging initiative and raise much needed funds,” said Bill McIntyre, chair of the Shubenacadie Canal Commission. “This is a great way for the public to connect with their favourite park or a piece of Nova Scotian history.”
Did you know that the SCC is a charitable organization that depends on dedicated volunteers who work to improve park spaces and water access along the waterway? Some of our recent projects include free interpretive tours of the Marine Railway, an ADA accessible dock at Shubie Park and a new boardwalk at Lock 6 in Enfield. These projects were made possible through the financial support of the community.
Find out how you can Adopt-A-Lock here
