List of National Historic Sites of Canada in Nova Scotia

This list includes all structures, objects and sites in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia that have the status of a National Historic Site of Canada (French lieu historique national du Canada ). The Canadian Department for the Environment added 87 sites to this list. Of these, 26 are managed by Parks Canada . Due to the large number of historical sites in the capital Halifax , these can be found in a separate list:

• List of National Historic Sites of Canada in Halifax

Status: June 2012

National Historic Sites

Historic site	date	ISIN drawing	Location	description	photo
Acacia Grove / Prescott House	1809 (end of construction)	1969	Starr's Point 45 ° 6 ′ 38 ″  N , 64 ° 22 ′ 44 ″  W.	Home of the botanist Charles Ramage Prescott ; a fine example of Georgian architecture .
Alexander Graham Bell	1954 (opening)	1952	Bath deck 46 ° 6 ′ 10 ″  N , 60 ° 44 ′ 45 ″  W.	Museum to commemorate the life and work of the inventor Alexander Graham Bell , built near his former summer home.
Annapolis County Court House	1837 (end of construction)	1991	Annapolis Royal 44 ° 44 ′ 31 ″  N , 65 ° 30 ′ 58 ″  W.	Palladian style courthouse ; one of Canada's oldest courthouses, still used for this purpose today.
Antigonish County Court House	1855 (end of construction)	1981	Antigonish 45 ° 37 ′ 24 ″  N , 61 ° 59 ′ 16 ″  W.	Courthouse with a portico in front in the Greek Revival style; public buildings typical of the mid-19th century in the maritime provinces .
Argyle Township Court House and Jail	1805 (end of construction)	2005	Argyle 43 ° 51 ′ 18 "  N , 65 ° 58 ′ 28"  W.	Two-story wooden courthouse with attached prison; oldest known representative of a combined use of this type in Canada.
Pictou train station	1904 (end of construction)	1976	Pictou 45 ° 40 ′ 33 ″  N , 62 ° 42 ′ 21 ″  W.	Station built by the Intercolonial Railway ; two-storey brick building with elements of Châteauesque neo-Romanesque .
Beaubassin	1672 (foundation)	2005	Amherst 45 ° 50 '51 "  N , 64 ° 15' 43"  W.	Once a major Acadian settlement , on the Isthmus of Chignecto in the neighborhood of Fort Lawrence ; Destroyed during armed conflict in 1750.
Bloody Creek	1711/1757 (battles)	1930	Bridgetown 44 ° 49 ′ 21 "  N , 65 ° 18 ′ 34"  W.	The site of two battles between the British and the French, in 1711 during the Queen Anne's War and in 1757 during the Seven Years' War .
Canso Islands		1925	Canso 45 ° 20 ′ 40 ″  N , 60 ° 58 ′ 16 ″  W.	Small group of islands east of Nova Scotia; important center of fishing from the 16th to the 19th century; The site of numerous skirmishes between the British on the one hand and the French and Mik'maq on the other.
Chapel Island		2003	Chapel Island 45 ° 43 ′ 0 ″  N , 60 ° 46 ′ 57 ″  W.	An island in Bras d'Or Lake and part of an Indian reserve ; traditional gathering place and spiritual place of the Mi'kmaq .
Chapman House	1780 (end of construction)	1968	Amherst 45 ° 52 '29 "  N , 64 ° 14' 46"  W.	Two story brick Georgian style building; Example of a home for wealthy farmers.
Covenanter Church	1811 (end of construction)	1976	Grand-Pré 45 ° 6 ′ 0 ″  N , 64 ° 18 ′ 18 ″  W.	The oldest surviving Presbyterian church building in Canada.
Debert Palaeo-Indian Site		1972	Debert 45 ° 24 ′ 59 ″  N , 63 ° 25 ′ 24 ″  W.	Oldest remains of Paleo-Indian settlement in eastern Canada; archaeological remains of hunting and animal processing.
Fort Anne	1708 (end of construction)	1920	Annapolis Royal 44 ° 44 ′ 28 "  N , 65 ° 31 ′ 7"  W.	Various fortifications and buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries; typical example of a star-shaped bastion modeled on Vaubans .
Fort Charles	1629 (foundation)	1951	Annapolis Royal 44 ° 44 ′ 27 ″  N , 65 ° 31 ′ 12 ″  W.	Archaeological remains under the restored Fort Anne .
Fort Edward	1750 (end of construction)	1920	Windsor 44 ° 59 ′ 43 "  N , 64 ° 7 ′ 58"  W.	Wooden log house and remains of buildings and landforms; the fortress played an important role in the decades-long conflict over North America.
Fort Lawrence	1750 (foundation)	1923	Amherst 45 ° 50 '52 "  N , 64 ° 15' 42"  W.	Archaeological remains of a British fortress; built to protect the isthmus of Chignecto and abandoned after five years.
Fort Sainte-Marie-de-Grace	1632 (foundation)	1924	Lunenburg 44 ° 17 ′ 18 ″  N , 64 ° 21 ′ 5 ″  W.	Location of a previous fortress; first permanent French presence in Acadia .
Fort Saint-Louis	1630 (foundation)	1931	Barrington 43 ° 29 ′ 42 ″  N , 65 ° 28 ′ 13 ″  W.	Site of a former French fortress.
Grand-Pré	1682 (foundation)	1982	Grand-Pré 45 ° 6 ′ 34 ″  N , 64 ° 18 ′ 37 ″  W.	Location of the former Acadian village of Grand-Pré, which was the most important settlement until it was driven out by the British in 1755.
Grassy Island Fort	1735 (end of construction)	1962	Canso 45 ° 20 ′ 14 ″  N , 60 ° 58 ′ 23 ″  W.	Remains of a British fortress from the 18th century; important fishing site.
Historic District (Annapolis Royal)	1605 (foundation)	1994	Annapolis Royal 44 ° 44 ′ 30 ″  N , 65 ° 30 ′ 51 ″  W.	In the historic center of the town there are numerous buildings from the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries in different architectural styles.
Historic landscape (Grand-Pré)	1680–1750 (construction phase)	1995	Grand-Pré 45 ° 6 ′ 40 ″  N , 64 ° 18 ′ 11 ″  W.	Cultural landscape of the Acadians , which was further developed after their expulsion in 1755; includes dikes in the marshland as well as remnants of earlier settlement.
Historic District (Lunenburg)	1753 (foundation)	1991	Lunenburg 44 ° 22 ′ 40 ″  N , 64 ° 18 ′ 35 ″  W.	The historic center of the small port town of Lunenburg has numerous listed buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries; it is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site .
Kejimkujik		1994	Queens County 44 ° 22 ′ 46 "  N , 65 ° 18 ′ 25"  W.	Cultural landscape of the Mi'kmaq within the national park of the same name; includes numerous traditional settlement sites, petroglyphs, fishing grounds, hunting areas, travel routes and tombs.
King's College	1791 (foundation)	1923	Windsor 44 ° 58 ′ 58 ″  N , 64 ° 8 ′ 9 ″  W.	Location of a previous university; Partially destroyed by fire in 1922 and re-established as a university in Halifax a year later; individual buildings are still used by a primary school.
Knaut-Rhuland House	1793 (end of construction)	2002	Lunenburg 44 ° 22 ′ 37 ″  N , 64 ° 18 ′ 35 ″  W.	Classicist-inspired timber-framed house in the city center; early and one of the best preserved examples of British neoclassicism in Canada.
Springhill coal mining	1664 (foundation)	1986	Springhill 45 ° 38 ′ 41 ″  N , 64 ° 3 ′ 55 ″  W.	Decommissioned and well-preserved coal mine ; Springhill was one of the economically most important mining areas in Canada and played a central role for the market in the maritime provinces and in Québec .
Nova Scotia Coal Field (Stellarton)		1997	Stellarton 45 ° 34 ′ 5 ″  N , 62 ° 39 ′ 27 ″  W.	Various evidence of coal mining that has been preserved on site.
Nova Scotia Coal Field (Sydney)		1997	Cape Breton 46 ° 14 ′ 32 ″  N , 60 ° 3 ′ 41 ″  W.	Various evidence of coal mining that has been preserved on site.
Sydney coastal fortifications		1994	Cape Breton 46 ° 10 ′ 23 ″  N , 60 ° 11 ′ 40 ″  W.	Safe haven for convoys building during World War II ; Part of the Atlantic bulwark.
Ladies' Seminary	1878 (foundation)	1997	Wolfville 45 ° 5 ′ 20 ″  N , 64 ° 21 ′ 57 ″  W.	Three-story building in the Second Empire style with a high mansard roof; oldest higher education institution for women in Nova Scotia.
Liverpool Town Hall	1902 (end of construction)	1984	Liverpool 44 ° 2 ′ 20 "  N , 64 ° 42 ′ 55"  W.	Two-storey town hall, built of wood in the neoclassical style; this combination of building material and style is extremely rare.
Louisbourg	1713 (foundation)	1920	Cape Breton 45 ° 53 ′ 33 ″  N , 59 ° 59 ′ 10 ″  W.	Partly reconstructed French fortress town from the 18th century; once an important fishing port, transshipment point, administrative center and military base.
Lunenburg Academy	1849–1895 (construction phase)	1983	Lunenburg 44 ° 22 ′ 48 ″  N , 64 ° 18 ′ 50 ″  W.	Three-storey school building made of wood in the Second Empire style; A rare surviving witness of the 19th century Nova Scotia school system.
Marconi	1902 (event)	1939	Cape Breton 46 ° 12 ′ 42 ″  N , 59 ° 57 ′ 8 ″  W.	The place where Guglielmo Marconi received his first transatlantic telegraph message; today the location of a museum.
Marconi Wireless Station	1907 (end of construction)	1983	Cape Breton 46 ° 9 ′ 17 ″  N , 59 ° 56 ′ 44 ″  W.	Site of the first public telegraph station that enabled an intercontinental connection.
Melanson Settlement	1664 (foundation)	1986	Annapolis Royal 44 ° 42 ′ 41 ″  N , 65 ° 36 ′ 40 ″  W.	Cultural landscape and settlement of a community of Acadian farmers; the settlement was abandoned in 1755 when the Acadians were driven out.
Pictou Academy	1818 (end of construction)	1937	Pictou 45 ° 40 '36 "  N , 62 ° 42' 54"  W.	Formerly the location of the first Pictou Academy; In 1880 this educational institution moved to a new building and in 1932 the first building was demolished.
Sainte-Anne / Port-Dauphin	1629 (foundation)	1929	Englishtown 45 ° 9 ′ 29 ″  N , 64 ° 25 ′ 33 ″  W.	Site of one of the first Jesuit missionary stations , a former fortified naval base for the French.
Old Barrington Meeting House	1765 (end of construction)	1966	Barrington 43 ° 34 ′ 0 ″  N , 65 ° 34 ′ 47 ″  W.	Assembly hall made of wood for public and religious events; one of the oldest surviving buildings of its kind in Canada.
Port-Royal	1605 (end of construction)	1939	Annapolis Royal 44 ° 42 ′ 45 ″  N , 65 ° 36 ′ 38 ″  W.	Reconstruction of a fort with wooden buildings and a palisade; Site of the oldest permanent French settlement, destroyed by British forces in 1613.
Royal Battery	1732 (end of construction)	1952	Cape Breton 45 ° 54 ′ 33 ″  N , 59 ° 58 ′ 47 ″  W.	Artillery battery built by the French ; played an important role in the sieges of Louisbourg in 1745 and 1758.
Sinclair Inn / Farmer's Hotel	1710 (end of construction)	1983	Annapolis Royal 44 ° 44 ′ 41 ″  N , 65 ° 31 ′ 10 ″  W.	Two-storey hotel building made of wood, built according to the traditional construction method in the maritime provinces .
Sir Frederick Borden Residence	1864 (end of construction)	1990	Canning 45 ° 9 '29 "  N , 64 ° 25' 33"  W.	Large Queen Anne house in the middle of a park; Domicile of the politician Frederick William Borden .
St. John's Anglican Church	1763 (end of construction)	1994	Lunenburg 44 ° 22 ′ 41 ″  N , 64 ° 18 ′ 41 ″  W.	Anglican church building made of wood, built in the “carpenter's Gothic” style; major symbol of British rule; Burned down in 2001 and then rebuilt.
St. Peter's	1650 (foundation)	1929	St. Peter’s 45 ° 39 ′ 18 ″  N , 60 ° 52 ′ 10 ″  W.	Archaeological remains of Mik'maq and Acadian settlements ; Site of a French fortress that was destroyed in 1758.
St. Peter's Canal	1869 (end of construction)	1929	St. Peter’s 45 ° 39 ′ 20 ″  N , 60 ° 52 ′ 15 ″  W.	Small canal on Cape Breton Island that connects Bras d'Or Lake with the Atlantic.
Thinker's Lodge	1899 (end of construction)	2008	Pugwash 45 ° 51 ′ 13 ″  N , 63 ° 39 ′ 57 ″  W.	Country House of Cyrus Eaton ; in 1957 the venue for the first Pugwash conference .
Trinity Anglican Church	1878 (end of construction)	1990	Digby 44 ° 37 ′ 13 ″  N , 65 ° 45 ′ 26 ″  W.	Large wooden Anglican church building, built in neo-Gothic style; a work by the renowned architect Stephen C. Earle .
Truro Post Office	1886 (end of construction)	1983	Truro 45 ° 21 ′ 55 ″  N , 63 ° 16 ′ 50 ″  W.	Two-storey post office in neo-renaissance style, built by Thomas Fuller ; good example of an early public building commissioned by the federal government.
Wolfe's Landing	1758 (event)	1929	Cape Breton 45 ° 52 ′ 45 ″  N , 60 ° 3 ′ 18 ″  W.	Point where the British brigade led by James Wolfe could successfully go ashore, which eventually led to the capture of Louisbourg .

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1. ^ National Historic Sites of Canada - administered by Parks Canada: Nova Scotia. Parks Canada, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
2. ^ Acacia Grove / Prescott House National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
3. ↑ Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
4. ^ Annapolis County Court House National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
5. ^ Antigonish County Court House National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 26, 2012 . 
6. ^ Argyle Township Court House and Jail National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
7. ^ Louisbourg National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
8. ↑ Beaubassin National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
9. ↑ Bloody Creek National Historic Site of Canada. Parks Canada, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
10. ^ Canso Islands National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
11. ^ Chapel Island National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
12. ^ Chapman House National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
13. ^ Covenanter Church National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
14. ^ Debert Palaeo-Indian Site. Parks Canada, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
15. ^ Fort Anne National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
16. ^ Fort Charles National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
17. ^ Fort Edward National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
18. ^ Fort Lawrence National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
19. ^ Fort Sainte-Marie-de-Grâce National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
20. ^ Fort Saint-Louis National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
21. ^ Grand-Pré National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
22. ^ Grassy Island Fort National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
23. ^ Annapolis Royal Historic District National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
24. ^ Grand-Pré Rural Historic District National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
25. ^ Lunenburg Historic District National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
26. ^ Kejimkujik National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
27. ^ King's College National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
28. ^ Knaut-Rhuland House National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
29. ^ Springhill Coal Mining National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
30. ^ Nova Scotia Coal Fields National Historic Site of Canada. Parks Canada, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
31. ^ Nova Scotia Coal Fields National Historic Site of Canada. Parks Canada, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
32. ↑ Sydney WWII Coastal Defences National Historic Site of Canada. Parks Canada, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
33. ^ Ladies' Seminary National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
34. ↑ Liverpool Town Hall National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
35. ^ Louisbourg National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
36. ^ Lunenburg Academy National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
37. ^ Marconi National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
38. ^ Marconi Wireless Station National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
39. ^ Melanson Settlement National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
40. ^ Pictou Academy National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
41. ^ Sainte-Anne / Port Dauphin National Historic Site of Canada. Parks Canada, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
42. ^ Old Barrington Meeting House National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
43. ^ Port-Royal National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
44. ^ Royal Battery National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
45. ^ Sinclair Inn / Farmer's Hotel National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
46. ^ Sir Frederick Borden Residence National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
47. ↑ St. John's Anglican Church National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
48. ↑ St. Peter's National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
49. ↑ St. Peter's Canal National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
50. ^ Thinker's Lodge National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
51. ^ Trinity Anglican Church National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
52. ^ Truro Post Office National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 
53. ^ Wolfe's Landing National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 25, 2012 . 

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