Thinkers' Lodge Funding

Thanks to one million dollars in funding from various levels of government, including Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Cumberland Regional Economic Development Association, Municipality of the County of Cumberland and the Province of Nova Scotia, Thinkers' Lodge in Pugwash is getting a much needed restoration. The Lodge, which was the property of Pugwash-born industrialist Cyrus Eaton, came to World attention in 1957 when Eaton hosted the first Conference on Science and World Affairs there. It is possible that the dialogue that was begun at Thinkers' Lodge saved the world from an unimaginable nuclear disaster and the village has given its name to the Pugwash Movement, whose aim is to rid the world of nuclear weapons.

WHW Architects' Ron Burdock is excited to take this project to the next phase which will include restoration and rehabilitation of the old "Lobster Factory", the dining hall for the Lodge and an overall landscape plan for the site, as well as interpretive planning and design and development of a business plan. Ron and our colleague Gary Hanley have been working on an assessment, stabilisation and restoration of the property since autumn 2008. Work on the main Lodge building is nearing completion.