TopNational Historic Site · 1600Melanson Settlement3870 Granville RoadPhoto: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Melanson Settlement · Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.04historic places on the registers
History of Annapolis County, Subdivision A · Canada’s heritage registers
Annapolis County, Subdivision A’s record starts in 1600 with Melanson Settlement
Homes from before 1961 make up 50% of Annapolis County, Subdivision A’s stock, above the 18% of the typical town. On the registers the town counts 4 historic places, 2 at the top. Only a few towns match it per resident: 6 for every 10,000, ahead of 95% of Canadian towns. The list takes in a provincial or municipal listing and a heritage lighthouse.
Historic places
4
6 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
2
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Other federal designations
1
Recognized buildings, railway stations, lighthouses
Provincial and local listings
1
provincial and municipal listings with an encyclopedia article
Oldest building
1600
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
50%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
Every one of Annapolis County, Subdivision A’s 2 most honoured places, in photos
Every place on Annapolis County, Subdivision A’s registers has a photo here. Leading off: Melanson Settlement and Port-Royal. The pictures are the work of 3 photographers.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
The map
Where Annapolis County, Subdivision A’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designationsOther federal designationsProvincial and local listings
Tap any dot to open that place’s own page; hovering shows its name.
The 4, by tier
2 Highest designations1 Other federal designations1 Provincial and local listings
Most entries are federal, from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations; local listings outside Québec are known only through Wikidata items with an article.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
2 places in Annapolis County, Subdivision A with the highest designation
Designations came from 1923 to 1987. National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Their dates run from 1600, with Melanson Settlement, to 1939. Each one opens its own page.
TopNational Historic Site · 1939–1940Port-Royal53 Historic LanePhoto: Dlanglois · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Other federal designations
One more federal designation in Annapolis County, Subdivision A
Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. Each one opens its own page.
FedHeritage Lighthouse · 1901Victoria Beach LighthouseVictoria Beach RoadPhoto: Dennis G. Jarvis · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons file
Provincial and local listings
On a provincial or local list in Annapolis County, Subdivision A: one place
Provincial and municipal listings that Wikidata records and an encyclopedia describes. Each one opens its own page.
LocalJust outside
Just outside Annapolis County, Subdivision A
Places the registers give to the town from within 5 km of its edge, nearest first.
Just outside Annapolis County, Subdivision A: 16
| Schafner Point LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 100 m outside the town |
| O'Dell House MuseumMunicipally Registered Property · 200 m outside the town |
| Bonnett HouseMunicipally Registered Property · 300 m outside the town |
| Bailey HouseProvincially Registered Property · 300 m outside the town |
| South Powder MagazineClassified Federal Heritage Building · 300 m outside the town |
| Sinclair Inn / Farmer's HotelNational Historic Site · 300 m outside the town |
| Fort AnneNational Historic Site · 300 m outside the town |
| Adams-Ritchie HouseMunicipally Registered Property · 300 m outside the town |
| Charles FortNational Historic Site · 300 m outside the town |
| Black Hole Powder MagazineRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 400 m outside the town |
| Officers' QuartersClassified Federal Heritage Building · 400 m outside the town |
| Annapolis Royal Historic DistrictNational Historic Site · 400 m outside the town |
| Annapolis County Court HouseNational Historic Site · 500 m outside the town |
| De Gannes-Cosby HouseNational Historic Site · 500 m outside the town |
| Saint Luke's Anglican ChurchProvincially Registered Property · 500 m outside the town |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Annapolis Royal, Nova ScotiaHeritage Railway Station · 500 m outside the town |
Homes by age
Only 1.9% of Annapolis County, Subdivision A’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
More than half of Annapolis County, Subdivision A’s housing predates 1961. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 6.2% of Annapolis County, Subdivision A’s, against 15% in the typical town. Building from 1961 to 1980 gave Annapolis County, Subdivision A 22% of its homes, near the usual 27%.
50%
Before 1961
22%
1961–80
19%
1981–2000
6.2%
2001–15
1.9%
2016–21
Annapolis County, Subdivision ATypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Born here
People of Annapolis County, Subdivision A’s past, 2 of them designated by Canada
Richmond Shreve closes the list, born in 1877. Best known is Abraham Pineo Gesner, with articles in 16 Wikipedia languages. Counting only births before 1914, there are 20. Of the 20, 12 were born in the years before Confederation.
Pierre Terriot
Alexandre Bourg
Jean-Baptiste Cope
Joseph Broussard
Michel de Gannes de Falaise
Joseph du Pont Duvivier
Pierre II Surette
Timothy Ruggles
Charles Frederick Allison
Abraham Pineo Gesner
Silas Tertius Rand
William Hallett Ray
John Barnhill Dickie
Harris Harding Bligh
Caleb Shaffner
John Burpee Mills
Samuel Walter Willet Pickup
Edmund Leslie Newcombe
Edward P. Morse
Richmond Shreve
1650170017501800185019001950
Abraham Pineo Gesner1797–1864 · Designated nationally in 1954 · Canadian physician and geologist
JB
Joseph Broussard1702–1765 · Person of national historic significance (2023) · Leader of the Acadi…
Silas Tertius Rand1810–1889 · Canadian writer
JM
John Burpee Mills1850–1913 · Canadian politician
Edmund Leslie Newcombe1859–1931 · Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
WR
William Hallett Ray1825–1909 · Canadian politician
RS
Richmond Shreve1877–1946 · Canadian-American architect
Jean-Baptiste Cope1698–1758 · Mi'kmaq leader
Everyone born in Annapolis County, Subdivision A → Born before 1914. Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against Wikipedia; national historic persons from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, matched by name and life years.
Towns its size
Annapolis County, Subdivision A has the most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 6,700 to 6,800 residents, by places on the registers.
Annapolis County, Subdivision A4
The typical town its size has 0. 13 of them have none.
In brief
Annapolis County, Subdivision A in brief
Housing in Annapolis County, Subdivision A includes 50% built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. All told, the registers hold 4 historic places, 2 with the highest designation. Among the 16 towns nearest its size, none has more historic places. Among the lives from its past: Abraham Pineo Gesner (1797), Joseph Broussard (1702) and Silas Tertius Rand (1810). Otherwise the figures are ordinary: the designations ran from 1923 to 2015.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Provincial and municipal lists. Provincial and municipal listings here come from Wikidata alone, since the provinces’ own registers can’t be reused; a listing needs an encyclopedia article to get a page.
- Map points. Pins for federal places come from Wikidata rather than Parks Canada, which gives no points.
- The federal register. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.
- People and events. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- Protection. Federal recognition isn’t a planning control: buildings the federal government owns follow its heritage policy, while others are protected only by a provincial or municipal designation.
Questions about Annapolis County, Subdivision A’s history
How old are the homes in Annapolis County, Subdivision A?
The 2021 Census dates 50% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
What is the oldest building in Annapolis County, Subdivision A?
By its record, Melanson Settlement, from 1600 (National Historic Site).
Which places in Annapolis County, Subdivision A have the highest designation?
These: Melanson Settlement and Port-Royal.
Why might a heritage building in Annapolis County, Subdivision A be missing here?
Its province’s and council’s own lists can’t be reused here; 17 further listings in Annapolis County, Subdivision A show up only as Wikidata numbers.
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).