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Fort Royal
Fort · Placentia · Newfoundland and Labrador

Fort Royal

Placentia counts Fort Royal among its places to visit. Another 5 places to visit lie within 5 km. It is cared for by Parks Canada.

Photo: Fort Royal, HobbsTravels (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Where
In Placentia
inside the municipal boundary
Run by
Parks Canada
a national heritage body
How well known
Top 8%
#414 of 5,181 places we list
Warmest months
Jul–Aug
highs of 17–19°C
In brief

Fort in Placentia

Among the best-known places to visit in Canada

By coverage it ranks #414 of the 5,181 places on our Canadian list. About ↓

Inside Placentia

Inside Placentia’s municipal boundary: Fort Royal. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by Parks Canada

One of the places Parks Canada looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Drawn from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers, with Statistics Canada’s 2021 outlines and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

Which month to go

July and August bring the warmest afternoons to Placentia, at 17–19°C.

Jan1° / -6°108 mm
Feb0° / -6°77 mm
Mar2° / -4°75 mm
Apr6° / 0°71 mm
May10° / 3°80 mm
Jun14° / 7°77 mm
Jul17° / 12°112 mm
Aug19° / 14°85 mm
Sep16° / 11°84 mm
Oct12° / 6°120 mm
Nov8° / 2°122 mm
Dec3° / -2°123 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Placentia, and each month’s precipitation (rain, with snow counted as water). Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at Dunville/Argentia, 7.9 km from Placentia (Open Government Licence – Canada). Hours and seasons change through the year: check before you go. Placentia’s full climate →
About

Fort Royal

3 Wikipedia editions have an article on it. First among the places near it is Castle Hill, at 100 m.

Fort Royal on Wikipedia ↗

Type
Fort
Run by
Parks Canada
Wikipedias
Covered in 3 languages
Town
in Placentia
Facts: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF and the federal and Québec heritage registers.
The map

Where Fort Royal is

The numbers show what else is near Fort Royal, in the order listed below.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Placentia’s municipal boundary. · Statistics Canada 2021 outline

Towns near it

The nearest towns

The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.

1 · It’s in town

Placentia

3,374 people · 6 places to visit

Make a day of it

More near Fort Royal

The 5 places within 15 km include 3 museums and 2 historic sites.

1MuseumCastle Hill100 m away2MuseumO’Reilly House1.1 km away3MuseumMuseumPlacentia Cultural Centre1.1 km away4Historic siteHistoric siteDetached Redoubt100 m away5Historic siteHistoric siteGaillarding Redoubt400 m away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Visiting Fort Royal

Where is Fort Royal?

Fort Royal is in Placentia in Newfoundland and Labrador, and inside the town’s municipal boundary.

What is Fort Royal?

Fort.

Who runs Fort Royal?

Parks Canada.

How well known is Fort Royal?

For coverage, Fort Royal holds #414 on our Canadian list.

When is the best time to visit Fort Royal?

In Placentia, afternoons are warmest from July and August, at 17–19°C (ECCC 1991–2020 normals).

Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF (Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers, Statistics Canada 2021 census boundaries, ECCC 1991–2020 climate normals (Open Government Licence – Canada).

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (3)

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).