A few days ago I spent the afternoon at the Randall House Museum in Wolfville, Nova Scotia! Charles Best, AB aboard HMS Erebus on the Franklin expedition, lived in Wolfville briefly. His mother Isabella ran a school for women around ~1830-1850, and for about a decade that school was located inside a home that is now known as the Randall House.
Big thanks to Katherine Ryan, the managing director of the Randall House, for the tour! Prior to this trip I'd done all my research on a laptop at home, so it was a thrill to be able to tour the house and walk through a home that Charles' family, and likely also himself, had stood in. If you're in Nova Scotia, I'd recommend making the trip! Wolfville is a gorgeous little town.
I'm hoping to write more about my Best family tour of Wolfville and Halifax soon!
