The purpose of the Rockingham Heritage Society is to preserve and promote the heritage of the greater Rockingham area. This area includes communities located between the Bedford Basin and the Bicentennial Highway, extending along the Basin from Fairview Cove to Fernleigh Park. In the ten years since its founding, it has built up an extensive photographic collection. The most interesting of these photos are featured in semi-annual calendars. The archives also include written material, maps, oral history in the form of tapes interviews, and information about local heritage houses.
Programs consist of an annual heritage walk, a heritage dinner, and semi-annual meetings.
Illustrated talks are the focus of the dinner and the meetings. The Centre is an arm of the Highland Village. Using a customized database, records are being entered in an organized manner enabling quick retrieval. Careful attention is paid to the accuracy of input and documentation of sources. Roots Cape Breton offers researchers an opportunity to search for their Cape Breton family connections.