Welcome to Elsipogtog Mi'kmaq Cultural Center, Tours & Artisan Gift Shop
Come explore our Mi'kmaq Culture With Us!
Welcome to Elsipogtog Mi'kmaq Cultural Center, Tours & Artisan Gift Shop
Come explore our Mi'kmaq Culture With Us!
About Us
Elsipopgtog Mi'kmaq Cultural Center
Welcome / Epjilassi! We look forward to meeting you and invite in to come learn and explore our Mi'kmaq Culture with us! Come visit our Mi'kmaq Cultural Center & Artisan Gift Shop and for full immersion into our culture take one or both of our two tours offered: "Heritage Path Tour" & "Traditional Mi'kmaq Basket Making". We are located at 29 Big Cove Road, Elsipogtog, First Nation New Brunswick, Canada E4W 2S1 and are Mi'kmaq Cultural Center & Artisan Gift Shop.
Re-opening for the 2021 Season on Tuesday May 25th- Friday October 15th, 2021
Please call us for more information at 506-521-0308 or email us at heritagepathtour@outlook.com
We comply with all COVID-19 safety guidelines as provided by the Office of the Chief Medical Health Officer of New Brunswick
Tours
Mi'kmaq Heritage Path Tour
Guests are immersed into the Mi'kmaq culture at Elsipogtog, First Nation , New Brunswick for 2.25 hours with this one of a kind experience! After a traditional greeting, guests will enter the community raised teepee for a smudging ceremony with teachings and insights that will help connect the past ways to present day Elsipogtog Mi'kmaq cultural ways and customs. After this enlightening and significant introduction, guests are led by one of the interpretive knowledge keepers into the pristine, forested Heritage Path where they will learn about traditional and time honored ways of using Mother Nature’s gifts and medicines to better self and community. This 2021 season will see guests experiencing our newly authentically constructed wigwam, longhouse and sweatlodge made by a local elder and knowledge keeper. Guests will be able to step inside and feel how life would have been like int ancestoral times!
The last part of the Heritage Path journey takes place in our cultural center where guests have a safe place and space to ask any and all questions they may have about the Mi'kmaq culture order to further their understanding of the true way of life at Elsipogtog, New Brunswick. Guests will leave enriched by a deeper understanding and connection to the cultural teachings and ways of the Mi’kmaq!
Tour Times Tuesday - Saturday
9:30am-11:45am or 1:30-3:45pm daily
Total Price:
Adult: $75.00 (ages 6-17)
Seniors: $67.50 (aged 65+)
Youth: $67.50 (ages 6-17)
Free: 5 years and under
*Advance Reservations Required Due to Covid19 Protocols*
Private And Custom Tours Available
Reservation and Contact Information:
506-521-0308 and/or heritagepathtour@outlook.com
Tour Location and Meeting Point:
Elsipogtog Mi'kmaq Cultural Center
29 Big Cove Road
Elsipogtog First Nation, New Brunswick
E4W 2S1
Traditional Mi'kmaq Basket Making
Private One-On-One Session with a Traditional Mi'kmaq Basket Master!
In this one-on-one 2.5 hour experiential basket making session, guests learn the basics of traditional Mi'kmaq basket making with a traditional master basket maker. You will learn about traditional teachings associated with weaving the basket and about all the wood and materials necessary to complete a basket from point of harvest to completed basket. You will also learn about all the different types of materials and woods used and the different types of baskets that are made and their purpose. All materials will be provided and the outcome of this workshop will be a beautiful completed traditional standard basket with dyed ash and sweetgrass decoration and the teachings of the Mi'kmaq way of life form your master knowledge keeper.
Total Price:
Adults: $125.00
Seniors: $112.50 (aged 65+)
Youth: $106.25 (ages 12-17)
(not recommended for children under the age of 12)
*Advance Reservations Required Due to Covid19 Protocols*
Private And Custom Tours Available
Reservation and Contact Information:
506-521-0308 and/or heritagepathtour@outlook.com
Tour Location and Meeting Point:
Elsipogtog Mi'kmaq Cultural Center
29 Big Cove Road
Elsipogtog First Nation, New Brunswick
E4W 2S1
2021 Season:
Tuesday May 18th - Friday October 15th, 2021
Artisan Gift Shop
We offer many Elsipogtog and other First Nation artisan's one of a kind, handmade items in our artisan shop including but not limited to: handmade baskets of all types and sizes, quilts, hand-beaded jewellery, clothing, dreamcatchers and so much more! We always have new items arriving, come check us out!
Our cultural center and shop will reopen on Tuesday May 25th, 2021
Contact Information:
506-521-0308 and/or heritagepathtour@outlook.com
Cultural Center & Artisan Gift Shop Location :
Elsipogtog Mi'kmaq Cultural Center
29 Big Cove Road
Elsipogtog First Nation, New Brunswick
E4W 2S1
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