National Historic SiteAugustine Mound
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History of Northesk · Canada’s heritage registers
All of Northesk’s 2 historic places are top designations
The newest homes, 2016 to 2021, are 3.1% of the total, the typical town 4.1%. Homes from before 1961 make up 24% of the stock, above the 18% of the typical town.
Historic places
2
Highest designations
2
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Homes built before 1961
24%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Northesk’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designations
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 2, by tier
2 Highest designations
Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists the places the Government of Canada has recognized; outside Québec, provincial and municipal listings come only through Wikidata, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
2 places in Northesk with the highest designation
The first was designated in 1975, the latest in 1982. National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Augustine Mound and Oxbow lead the list. Each one opens its own page.
National Historic SiteOxbow
Around the town
The registers find 5 places within 25 km of Northesk
They stand in 2 towns, Miramichi and Southesk among them. At 11 km, “Miramichi Fish Hatchery, RR1” in Southesk is the closest. For the highest designations, the nearest of 3 is Boishébert, 17 km away.
The 5 nearest, within 25 km
| Miramichi Fish Hatchery, RR1Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1907–1908 · 11 km away, in Southesk |
| The Enclosure Provincial ParkProvincial heritage place · 17 km away, in Southesk |
| BoishébertNational Historic Site · 1756–1760 · 17 km away, in Miramichi |
| Beaubears Island ShipbuildingNational Historic Site · 1790–1791 · 18 km away, in Miramichi |
| Marine HospitalNational Historic Site · 1830–1832 · 23 km away, in Miramichi |
Homes by age
Most of Northesk’s homes went up from 1961 to 1980: 39%
Over half of the homes in Northesk were already standing by 1981. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 9.3% of Northesk’s, against 15% in the typical town. Building from 1981 to 2000 gave Northesk 24% of its homes, near the usual 23%.
24%
Before 1961
39%
1961–80
24%
1981–2000
9.3%
2001–15
3.1%
2016–21
NortheskTypical 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
Northesk and its neighbours
In brief
Northesk in brief
The 2021 Census dates 24% of Northesk’s homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. In all there are 2 historic places, 2 with the highest designation. For the rest, its places were designated between 1975 and 1982.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Protection. Being on these registers doesn’t mean a building can’t change. Federal designation commemorates; protection is provincial or municipal, and those lists aren’t open here.
- Map points. Where a federal place sits on the map is Wikidata’s placing; the directory itself has no coordinates.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- The federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
- 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.
Questions about Northesk’s history
Which places in Northesk have the highest designation?
They are Augustine Mound and Oxbow.
How old are the homes in Northesk?
Before 1961: 24% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
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).