The Port Hastings Historical Society's statement of purpose is to collect, preserve, study, exhibit and interpret in an interesting way those objects; including books, papers, manuscripts, drawings, maps, pictures, paintings, etc. that will best serve to illustrate the founding, settlement and development of the Strait of Canso Communities.

Educational resources: Acadian Culture - Quilting Geometry, Acadian Culture - Signature Quilts, Train Ferries - Strait of Canso, Car Ferries - Strait of Canso, Canso Causeway - The Start of a Crossing