FedHeritage Lighthouse · 1869–1870Cape Jourimain LighthouseHighway 16Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons file
Cape Jourimain Lighthouse · Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis · CC BY-SA 2.01historic place on the registers
History of Botsford · Canada’s heritage registers
Botsford’s past, on the record: 1 historic place
Before 1961: 37% of Botsford’s homes, where most towns have 18%. Cape Jourimain Lighthouse, from 1869, is the town’s heritage lighthouse.
Historic places
1
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Other federal designations
1
Recognized buildings, railway stations, lighthouses
Oldest building
1869
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
37%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Botsford’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Other federal designations
Each dot is a place: point at it for the name, tap it for its page.
The 1, by tier
1 Other federal designations
What the map shows is the open record: the federal directory in full, and from provincial or municipal lists only the places Wikidata ties to an encyclopedia article.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Other federal designations
One more federal designation in Botsford
Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
The registers find 4 places within 25 km of Botsford
Cumberland County, Subdivision C, Westmorland and Kinkora hold most of them, among 3 towns. The nearest is Fort Gaspareaux, 13 km away in Westmorland. By designation: 2 provincial or municipal listings, a National Historic Site and a heritage lighthouse.
The 4 nearest, within 25 km
| Fort GaspareauxNational Historic Site · 1751 · 13 km away, in Westmorland |
| Tidnish Dock Provincial ParkProvincially Registered Property · 1982 · 15 km away, in Cumberland County, Subdivision C |
| Coldspring Head LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1889 · 20 km away, in Cumberland County, Subdivision C |
| Seacow Head LightDesignated heritage place · 1864 · 24 km away, in Kinkora |
Homes by age
37% of Botsford’s homes were built before 1961
From 2016 to 2021 Botsford added 3.7% of its homes, close to the typical town’s 4.1%. Botsford built little from 1961 to 1980: 21% of its homes, where most towns have 27%. Over half of the homes in Botsford were already standing by 1981.
37%
Before 1961
21%
1961–80
26%
1981–2000
14%
2001–15
3.7%
2016–21
BotsfordTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Neighbours
Botsford and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Botsford | 1,240 | 1 | 0 | 1869 |
| Westmorland | 1,060 | 6 | 4 | 1676 |
In brief
Botsford in brief
Older stock first: 37% of homes in Botsford were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town. There are 1 historic place in all. Everything else is close to the norm: one person of its past, Jim Riley (1895); and its designation dates from 2015.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Map points. Federal places get their map points from Wikidata, since Parks Canada’s files carry none; they are as mapped there.
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
- The federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- The tiers. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
Questions about Botsford’s history
How old are the homes in Botsford?
37% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
How many historic places does Botsford have on the registers?
1 historic place inside Botsford, by the federal, Québec and Wikidata-known registers.
What is the oldest building in Botsford?
Cape Jourimain Lighthouse, a Heritage Lighthouse, begun in 1869.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada).
Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles · Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (homes by period of construction). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).