Ross Ferry Market

Seal Island Artisans is a group of creative friends who love to get together and encourage each other in creating unique gifts.

We raise beef cattle, free-range laying hens, broiler chickens and pastured pork. We believe that small farms are needed and we should all look at keeping our supply chain close to home. 

Janet is a painter (acrylic, oil) who works with found objects. She loves colour, textures, and different ways of creating art. She also carves, crochets rugs, sweaters, bears, owls, turtles and mice. Folk art is her passion, making whirlygigs (mechanical, non-mechanical) and weathervanes. 

On July 1st, August 4th and September 1st, join the Ross Ferry Market vendors at the Ross Ferry Marine Park and participate in the long weekend celebrations. 

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Be sure to stop by for fries & hot dogs every Sunday all summer from 12pm - 4pm. 

There are various vendors scheduled to be at the Ross Ferry Fire Hall throughout the season. Be sure to stop in and see who's vending each week. 

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Designs by Christine: Original watercolour greeting cards and prints with an emphasis on Cape Breton themes.

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GG Four Seas (July & August): Freeze dried candy, dog treats and Jell-O.

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John Niznansky: Handmade, wheel thrown, functional stoneware pottery, using my own glazing recipes.

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Joni's Crochet Shop (July & August) 

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Black Island Bakers (September): Home baking, Homemade note cards, Produce.

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CBRL’s Victoria County Outreach: a book table to browse, check out or return books, audiobooks, & DVD’s.

We provide a selection of over thirty locally grown perennials — including varieties not available at commercial nurseries. All of our plants are suitable for Cape Breton’s climate.

Andrew & Darryl offer a wide variety of home preserved items such as jams, jellies, pickles, salsas, chows, sauces and our fan favourite Everything Spice. For the 2024 season we'll be set up at our new roadside store and will also be offering honey, a sampling of baked goods/treats, hot tea/coffee and vegetables from our Community Garden. We'll also be selling Wild Flour Artisan Bakery's sourdough and artisan breads all made traditionally, and entirely by hand! Come down to see our new space and see what our busy kitchen has to offer! 

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Nearly "retired" chef trying to live out my market gardener dream. We moved to Cape Breton in the spring of 2022 to be closer to family and in search of a more community focused life for our son... PLUS a bit more land for our mastiff to roam.

We are currently a 1/3 acre NCO (non certified organic) market garden following the soil management philosophies of NO-TILL and JADAM. We will be offering a variety of heirloom vegetables, sprouts and gourmet mushrooms for this season. 

We look forward to meeting you this summer.

Born and raised in Southside Boularderie, Pamela grew up immersed in her father's dutch farming culture. Part of the family's Island Point Farm life included the beloved "farm shore" where a strong passion for beach combing was born. Hunting for unique pieces of driftwood and other treasure naturally turned into a collection of finds. This collection combined with the love of painting inspired her Christmas in Cape Breton driftwood Santas. Every Santa is hand picked from the Bras d'Or Lake's shoreline. The unique faces are inspired by the tides which create the rustic characteristics of each Santa. 

Casa Mukulaqatik (which is Mi’kmak for boularderie island) is new to the Ross Ferry Market for the 2024 season. Hailing from Ottawa, and having CB family roots, Tracy’s interest in art varies from the refinishing of antiques, creation of small crafts and indigenous inspired paintings. The latter skills were developed in coordination with her two indigenous stepsons with whom she would share creative moments over discussions in the studio. 

Claudia and Sebastian grow a variety of vegetables and highly nutritious microgreens without using any chemicals and pesticides and also sell eggs from their free range happy hens.