Muir-Cox Shipyard:

The Muir-Cox Shipyard at the south end of Dock Street in Shelburne is one of the oldest shipyards in Nova Scotia, having been in almost continuous operation from the 1820s (William Muir) until 1984 (William and George Cox).

It turned out everything from stately square-rigged barques to internationally acclaimed yachts and workmanlike fishing boats. The Yacht Shed re-opened in spring of 2001 as a year-round working boatshop, building wooden boats to order.
The shipyard is also home to a seasonal Shipbuilding Interpretive Centre, describing much of the rich shipbuilding history for which the Shelburne area has been known the world over.
The Centre depicts some of the history the many shipyards which once lined the shores of Shelburne and neighbouring communities and sports a display of original shipbuilding tools used by the shipwrights in the area.

Wooden Boat Construction & Restoration:
A recently added dimension to our Muir-Cox Shipyard is restoration work on old, but still valued, small boats.
Milford Buchanan, who possesses an official Wooden Boat Building Certificate, has recently restored a rowboat belonging to Stephen Coady. The photos to the left are before and after views of the rowboat, now in pristine condition.
More recently Milford has been working through 2009 on building a new Town class day-sailing dinghy popular on the Atlantic seaboard since 1932.
In 2008 under the umbrella of the 225th Anniversary of the Loyalist Landing in Shelburne Milford was the supervisor on the building of 2 24ft Longboats built to the plans of the launch from the HMAV Bounty. These boats now also equipped with sails can be seen in the harbours of Nova Scotia throughout the summer month.

Wooden Boat Builder, Milford Buchanan, is available to restore your boat.
Contact the Society to make arrangements.