List of National Historic Sites of Canada in New Brunswick

This list includes all buildings, objects and sites in the Canadian province of New Brunswick / Nouveau-Brunswick that have the status of a National Historic Site of Canada (French lieu historique national du Canada ). The Canadian Federal Ministry for the Environment added 62 sites to this list. Parks Canada manages eight of these .

Status: September 2017

National Historic Sites

Historic site	date	ISIN drawing	Location	description
1 Chipman Hill	1854 (end of construction)	1984	Saint John 45 ° 16 ′ 27 ″ N , 66 ° 3 ′ 47 ″ W.45.274072 -66.063175	Typical upper middle class townhouse in Saint John in the mid 19th century; has a number of trompe l'oeil paintings on the walls and ceilings.
Arts Building	1827 (end of construction)	1951	Fredericton 45 ° 56 ′ 54 " N , 66 ° 38 ′ 29" W.45.948314 -66.641292	Classically inspired brick building on the grounds of the University of New Brunswick ; the oldest university building in Canada still in use.
Augustine Mound	approx. 500 BC Chr.	1975	Metepenagiag 46 ° 55 '48 " N , 65 ° 49' 20" W.46.930103 -65.822239	Circular ritual site around a burial mound; a holy place of the Mi'kmaq with traces of funeral rituals of the Adena culture .
McAdam station	approx. 1840 (foundation)	1993	McAdam 45 ° 35 ′ 20 " N , 67 ° 19 ′ 48" W.45.589 -67.33	Stone-built station in the Châteauesque neo-renaissance style; Built by the Canadian Pacific Railway and a rare example of a train station and hotel.
Rothesay train station	1860 (end of construction)	1976	Rothesay 45 ° 23 '22 " N , 65 ° 59' 57" W.45.389389 -65.999186	Station built by the European and North American Railway ; recalls the development of the railroad in the maritime provinces ; good example of the standard train stations of this company.
Marysville Cotton Mill	1885 (end of construction)	1986	Fredericton 45 ° 58 ′ 42 " N , 66 ° 35 ′ 20" W.45.978236 -66.588803	Four-storey cotton mill built from red bricks with a central tower; this spinning mill was one of the largest in Canada.
Beaubears Island Shipyard	1790 (foundation)	2001	Miramichi 46 ° 58 ′ 18 ″ N , 65 ° 34 ′ 18 ″ W.46.971761 -65.571656	A 24 hectare site with the remains of an early 19th century shipyard .
Belmont House / R. Wilmot Home	1820 (foundation)	1975	Lincoln 45 ° 54 ′ 49 ″ N , 66 ° 35 ′ 14 ″ W.45.913719 -66.587236	A large, neoclassical style country house ; Domicile of the politician Robert Duncan Wilmot .
Boishébert	1820 (foundation)	1975	Miramichi 46 ° 58 ′ 11 " N , 65 ° 34 ′ 43" W.46.969769 -65.578608	Location of a camp on Beaubears Island where Acadians lived from 1756 to 1760 in order to avoid displacement by the British .
Carleton Martello Tower	1815 (end of construction)	1930	Saint John 45 ° 15 ′ 8 " N , 66 ° 4 ′ 34" W.45.252092 -66.075983	A Martello tower on the opposite side of the harbor, built to protect against attack during the British-American War .
Chandler House / Rocklyn	1831 (end of construction)	1971	Dorchester 45 ° 53 ′ 55 ″ N , 64 ° 30 ′ 55 ″ W.45.89855 -64.515156	A neoclassical house, home of the politician Edward Barron Chandler .
Charles Connell House	1840 (end of construction)	1975	Woodstock 46 ° 9 ′ 4 ″ N , 67 ° 34 ′ 30 ″ W.46.1511 -67.5751	Wooden country house in the Greek Revival style, domicile of the politician Charles Connell ; in the first half of the 19th century, classically inspired homes were very rare in Canada.
Charlotte County Court House	1831 (end of construction)	1971	St. Andrews 45 ° 4 ′ 32 " N , 67 ° 2 ′ 57" W.45.075686 -67.049239	Simple half-timbered house with colonnade; the best preserved example of a typical New Brunswick courthouse in the mid-19th century.
Christ Church Anglican	1856 (end of construction)	1990	Maugerville 45 ° 52 ′ 17 " N , 66 ° 26 ′ 47" W.45.871411 -66.446311	Anglican church building made of wood, typical of the neo-Gothic church architecture of Canada.
Christ Church Cathedral	1853 (end of construction)	1981	Fredericton 45 ° 57 ′ 27 " N , 66 ° 38 ′ 6" W.45.9575 -66.634961	Anglican Cathedral, the tower of which is a landmark in the historic center of Fredericton; one of the best examples of neo-Gothic church architecture in Canada.
Denys Fort / Habitation	17th century (Founding)	1952	Shippagan 47 ° 52 ′ 53 " N , 64 ° 35 ′ 22" W.47.881319 -64.58945	Archaeological remains of a 17th century French trading post.
Fort Beauséjour / Fort Cumberland	1751 (foundation)	1920	Aulac 45 ° 51 ′ 52 ″ N , 64 ° 17 ′ 30 ″ W.45.864581 -64.291561	Star-shaped French fortress on the Chignecto isthmus; Conquered by the British in 1755; Repelling an attack by American revolutionaries in 1776.
Fort Charnisay	1645 (foundation)	1923	Saint John 45 ° 15 ′ 46 " N , 66 ° 4 ′ 33" W.45.262789 -66.075731	Location of several successive forts between 1645 and 1775 due to its strategic location at the western end of the port.
Fort Gaspareaux	1751 (foundation)	1920	Port Elgin 46 ° 2 ′ 34 " N , 64 ° 4 ′ 15" W.46.042889 -64.07075	Archaeological site with traces of a French fortress; Symbol of the clash between the French and British over North America in the 1750s.
Fort Howe	1777 (foundation)	1966	Saint John 45 ° 16 ′ 36 " N , 66 ° 4 ′ 23" W.45.276667 -66.073056	Partial reconstruction of a fortress that protected Saint John from attack during the American Revolutionary War and the British-American War .
Fort Jemseg	1659 (foundation)	1927	Jemseg 45 ° 46 ′ 7 ″ N , 66 ° 7 ′ 56 ″ W.45.768533 -66.132225	Site of an English trading post, taken by the Dutch in 1674.
Fort La Tour	1631 (foundation)	1923	Saint John 45 ° 16 ′ 22 ″ N , 66 ° 4 ′ 20 ″ W.45.272711 -66.072272	Archaeological site with the remains of a fortified 17th century French trading post; one of the earliest centers of fur trade between French and indigenous people in the region.
Fort Nashwaak (Naxoat)	1691 (foundation)	1924	Saint John 45 ° 57 ′ 41 ″ N , 66 ° 37 ′ 36 ″ W.45.961353 -66.626686	Site of a French fortress at the confluence of the Nashwaak River with the Saint John River ; Starting point for numerous raids against New England .
Fort Nerepis	1659 (foundation)	1930	Grand Bay-Westfield 45 ° 22 ′ 12 ″ N , 66 ° 14 ′ 3 ″ W.45.37 -66.2342	A cairn which marks the approximate location of a fortified Maliseet settlement and a later French fortress; the remains of the fortifications and their exact location have never been found.
Fredericton City Hall	1876 (end of construction)	1984	Fredericton 45 ° 57 ′ 49 " N , 66 ° 38 ′ 35" W.45.963575 -66.643136	Three-storey town hall in the Second Empire style; the oldest town hall in the Atlantic provinces , which is still used today for administrative purposes.
Fredericton Military Compound	1784 (foundation)	1960	Fredericton 45 ° 57 ′ 46 " N , 66 ° 38 ′ 27" W.45.962661 -66.640733	An important group of buildings from the British colonial era that served military and government institutions for more than 200 years.
Free meeting house	1821 (end of construction)	1990	Moncton 46 ° 5 ′ 39 ″ N , 64 ° 46 ′ 27 ″ W.46.094053 -64.774033	Simple wooden half-timbered house that was used as a place of worship by all denominations for a while; a symbol of religious tolerance in the maritime provinces .
Greenock Church	1824 (end of construction)	1999	St. Andrews 45 ° 4 ′ 37 ″ N , 67 ° 3 ′ 13 ″ W.45.076889 -67.053661	A church building that pioneered the development of Presbyterianism in New Brunswick; excellent example of the Palladian style in Canadian church architecture.
Hammond House	1889 (end of construction)	1990	Sackville 45 ° 53 ′ 59 " N , 64 ° 22 ′ 37" W.45.899625 -64.376989	House built for artist John A. Hammond , now part of Mount Allison University campus ; an excellent example of the Queen Anne style in Canadian residential building.
Hartland Bridge	1921 (end of construction)	1980	Hartland 46 ° 17 ′ 48 ″ N , 67 ° 31 ′ 51 ″ W.46.296603 -67.530736	A covered wooden bridge over the Saint John River ; the world's longest bridge of its kind.
Imperial / Bi-Capitol Theater	1913 (end of construction)	1985	Saint John 45 ° 16 ′ 22 ″ N , 66 ° 3 ′ 28 ″ W.45.272728 -66.057728	Early 20th century theater building of national importance.
La Coupe Dry Dock	18th century (Founding)	1933	Aulac 45 ° 51 ′ 49 ″ N , 64 ° 16 ′ 29 ″ W.45.863594 -64.274836	Of Acadians built dry dock for the construction of river ships.
Miscou Island lighthouse	1856 (end of construction)	1974	Miscou Island 48 ° 0 ′ 32 " N , 64 ° 29 ′ 28" W.48,009 -64,491	One of the few remaining, octagonal wooden lighthouses in Canada, is one of the oldest on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence .
Loyalist House	1817 (end of construction)	1958	Saint John 45 ° 16 ′ 28 " N , 66 ° 3 ′ 41" W.45.274561 -66.061253	Excellent example of in New England typical Federal-style ; a representative of those houses built by wealthy loyalists in the early 19th century .
Marine Hospital	1831 (end of construction)	1989	Miramichi 47 ° 1 ′ 20 " N , 65 ° 30 ′ 37" W.47.022242 -65.510339	A sandstone building with a domed dome; the oldest surviving maritime hospital in Canada.
Historic District (Marysville)	approx. 1840 (foundation)	1993	Fredericton 45 ° 58 ′ 44 ″ N , 66 ° 35 ′ 17 ″ W.45.978892 -66.588178	Former industrial estate on the banks of the Nashwaak River ; a rare surviving example of a planned workers' settlement from the 19th century, with both the factory and the houses intact.
Historic District (St. Andrews)	1783 (foundation)	1962	St. Andrews 45 ° 4 '23 " N , 67 ° 2' 51" W.45.073158 -67.047378	Oldest part of today's city; good example of a city in Canada whose development plan is based on British models from the 18th century.
Meductic Indian Village / Fort Meductic	17th century (Founding)	1924	Meductic 45 ° 59 ′ 53 ″ N , 67 ° 29 ′ 40 ″ W.45.998056 -67.494444	Main settlement of the Maliseet in the 17th century and an important center of the fur trade ; Submerged in 1968 during the construction of the Mactaquac dam.
Minister's Island	1889 (foundation)	1996	St. Andrews 45 ° 6 ′ 19 ″ N , 67 ° 2 ′ 41 ″ W.45.10535 -67.0448	Summer residence of the entrepreneur William Cornelius Van Horne in the Picturesque style, on a 280-hectare island in the Passamaquoddy Bay area.
Minister's Island Pre-contact Sites	approx. 1000 BC Chr.	1978	St. Andrews 45 ° 6 ′ 25 ″ N , 67 ° 2 ′ 30 ″ W.45.10694 -67.04167	Archaeological site with the remains of four houses and a clam pile (part of a winter settlement).
Monument Lefebvre	1856 (end of construction)	1994	Memramcook 45 ° 58 ′ 46 ″ N , 64 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ W.45.979389 -64.566661	House built in honor of Camille Lefebvre , who founded the first French-speaking university degree in the Atlantic Provinces ; today an academic cultural center.
Number 2 Mechanics' Volunteer Company Engine House	1841 (end of construction)	1995	Saint John 45 ° 16 ′ 25 ″ N , 66 ° 3 ′ 25 ″ W.45.273489 -66.056836	The oldest surviving fire station in Canada, built to accommodate hand-operated fire engines; Symbol of the early phase of fire fighting, when volunteer associations were still common.
Old Government House	1828 (end of construction)	1958	Fredericton 45 ° 57 ′ 57 " N , 66 ° 39 ′ 21" W.45.9657 -66.655933	Official residence of the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick, built in the Palladian style .
Ordnance Building	1842 (end of construction)	2014	Saint John 45 ° 15 ′ 55 ″ N , 66 ° 3 ′ 15 ″ W.45.265366 -66.054256	A colonial-era military building (also referred to as HMCS Brunswicker or Ordnance Store, Building 36 ) in Saint John that survived the great fire of 1877.
Oxbow	approx. 1000 BC Chr.	1982	Metepenagiag 46 ° 56 '20 " N , 65 ° 48' 40" W.46.938778 -65.811161	Archaeological strata buried in the clay and gravel of the Little Southwest Miramichi River ; the culture of the Mi'kmaq can be traced back over a period of 3000 years.
Prince William Streetscape	1877 (after Brand)	1981	Saint John 45 ° 16 ′ 17 " N , 66 ° 3 ′ 43" W.45.271375 -66.061831	A concentration of architecturally outstanding administration and office buildings from the late 19th century; emerged after the city fire of 1877.
Partridge Island quarantine station	1830 (end of construction)	1974	Saint John 45 ° 14 ′ 21 ″ N , 66 ° 3 ′ 12 ″ W.45.239222 -66.053278	One of two major quarantine stations in Canada in the 19th century; was built to protect residents from contagious diseases brought in by ship passengers.
Saint John City Market	1876 (end of construction)	1986	Saint John 45 ° 16 '26 " N , 66 ° 3' 36" W.45.273919 -66.059914	A rare and well-known surviving example of a 19th century market hall.
Saint John County Court House	1829 (end of construction)	1974	Saint John 45 ° 16 ′ 25 ″ N , 66 ° 3 ′ 25 ″ W.45.273708 -66.056847	A neoclassical courthouse typical of the early 19th century ; representative of the judiciary of this province.
Seal Cove Smoked Herring Stands	1870 (foundation)	1995	Grand Manan Island 44 ° 39 ′ 7 " N , 66 ° 50 ′ 21" W.44.651878 -66.839072	54 wooden buildings around a bay protected by breakwaters ; a cultural landscape that was once typical of the maritime provinces , but is rarely found today.
St. Andrews Blockhouse	1813 (end of construction)	1962	St. Andrews 45 ° 4 ′ 38 " N , 67 ° 3 ′ 43" W.45.077086 -67.061892	One of the few surviving examples of a log cabin from the British-American War in Canada; Built by the residents of St. Andrews to protect themselves from American raids.
St. Anne's Chapel of Ease	1847 (end of construction)	1989	Fredericton 45 ° 57 ′ 40 " N , 66 ° 38 ′ 54" W.45.961114 -66.648433	Small neo-Gothic stone chapel, reflecting the influence and principles of the Cambridge Camden Society in Canada.
St. John's Anglican Church	1826 (end of construction)	1989	Saint John 45 ° 16 '34 " N , 66 ° 3' 42" W.45.276139 -66.061575	Anglican church building; one of the earliest examples of neo-Gothic in Canada.
St. Luke's Anglican Church	1833 (end of construction)	1994	Quispamsis 45 ° 26 ′ 38 " N , 65 ° 59 ′ 17" W.45.443942 -65.988147	Small wooden Anglican church building; one of the finest examples of this type of church in Canada, taking on the architectural traditions of James Gibbs and Christopher Wren .
St. Paul's United Church	1886 (end of construction)	1990	Fredericton 45 ° 57 '35 " N , 66 ° 38' 43" W.45.959861 -66.645383	Former Presbyterian church building, now part of the United Church of Canada ; an excellent example of neo-Gothic in Canada.
St. Stephen Post Office	1887 (end of construction)	1983	St. Stephen 45 ° 11 ′ 33 " N , 67 ° 16 ′ 38" W.45.192514 -67.277131	Public building designed by Thomas Fuller in neo-Romanesque style ; originally built as a post office , later also used as a customs office and tax administration; town hall since 1965 .
Tilley House	1810 (end of construction)	1965	Gagetown 45 ° 46 ′ 58 ″ N , 66 ° 8 ′ 36 ″ W.45.782714 -66.143342	Wooden house where the politician Samuel Leonard Tilley was born and spent his childhood.
Tonge's Island	1676 (foundation)	1925	Sackville 45 ° 51 ′ 11 " N , 64 ° 16 ′ 40" W.45.853106 -64.277769	Settlement founded by Michel Leneuf de la Vallière de Beaubassin , which was the capital of Acadia from 1678 to 1684 .
Trinity Church and rectory	1789 (end of construction)	1977	Kingston 45 ° 30 ′ 9 ″ N , 65 ° 58 ′ 33 ″ W.45.502625 -65.975778	The oldest Anglican church building in New Brunswick ; rare example of a preserved ensemble of church and rectory in the maritime provinces .
William Brydone Jack Observatory	1851 (end of construction)	1954	Fredericton 45 ° 56 '53 " N , 66 ° 38' 27" W.45.948064 -66.640703	A wooden octagonal tower that served as Canada's first observatory .
Wolastoq (Saint John River)		2011	Edmundston to Bay of Fundy 45 ° 16 ′ 0 ″ N , 66 ° 4 ′ 0 ″ W.45.266667 -66.066667	A river that played an important role in the 10,000-year history of the Maliseet and in the settlement of the Europeans that began 400 years ago.
York County Court House	1858 (end of construction)	1960	Fredericton 45 ° 57 ′ 40 " N , 66 ° 38 ′ 15" W.45.960994 -66.63745	The oldest surviving courthouse in New Brunswick made of brick.