Visitors can step into the story of this Canadian icon and take an intimate look at her humble beginnings, flight to fame, and enduring contributions to the world of music.

Her mother, Marion Margaret Murray, was a registered nurse who focused her life on raising her family and community charity work.

As a hamlet protruding from the hillsides of Cumberland County, Springhill lies tucked away in the Nova Scotia interior uplands resting between the smooth summit of the Cobequid Mountains and the Bay of Fundy.

This craggy and rugged range is a long, narrow remnant of the Atlantic upland, stretching 75 miles across Cumberland County, from the head of the Bay of Fundy to the Northumberland Strait.

[13] The undulating terrain of Springhill itself is located at approximately 650 feet above sea level and occupies a total land area of only 4 square miles.

[14] The hillside terrain has divergent elevations from 400 to 650 feet with discrete panoramic views of the historic lowlands sheltered by towering pines and stands of birch.

The night skies in rural upland Nova Scotia are pure, clear of smog, and brimming with stars.

[15] Springhill is located on the northwestern edge of the Cobequid Hills midway between the Minas Basin and the Northumberland Strait.

Early growth of the coal industry in Nova Scotia was built on exports to the east coast of the United States.

A commemorative monument is prominently displayed on the main street of Springhill to honour the heroic lives of miners and their families.

This site is located at the corner of Industrial Park Drive and Memorial Crescent, Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Springhill Mining Disasters are articulated in a number of songs, poems, books and published articles, including an Alistair MacLeod short story entitled, "The Vastness of the Dark".

[29][30] In 1987, Irish rock band U2 drew attention to the disaster when they included "The Ballad of Springhill" in the playlist for their Joshua Tree Tour.

The abrupt end of large-scale industrial coal mining presented incredible economic challenges for the region as residents struggled with massive unemployment in the 1960s.

[44] The development of both professional players and colliery leagues in many Nova Scotia communities came from a need for both recreation and a distraction from the hardships of life in a mining town.

During the heyday of Nova Scotia baseball, the Famed Springhill “Fencebusters” included many great sporting moments by pioneer players like "Buddy" Condy, Al Linkletter, Edgar “The Great” Cormier, Leo MacDonald and notable pitchers like Phillip Lloyd “Lefty” Legere.

[45][46][47][48][49] This baseball tradition has been carried forward through a living history project and the coaching of Jim “Pokey” Melanson.

[53][54] Local trails are groomed and maintained for approximately 200 kilometres between the Trans-Canada Highway and Southampton in Winter months and actively used by the Cumberland County Snowmobile Club.

[58] The Dr. Carson and Marion Murray Community Centre in Springhill has an arena with an NHL sized ice surface and seating capacity of 800.