Melanson Settlement
In French: Établissement Melanson
Also known as Oak Point
3870 Granville Road, Annapolis County, Subdivision A
About Melanson Settlement
Canada counts Melanson Settlement among Annapolis County, Subdivision A’s 8 National Historic Sites. Melanson Settlement dates from 1600. The register names Deportation of the Acadians (event), Charles Melanson (person) and Marie Dugas (person) as its architects.
Melanson Settlement National Historic Site of Canada is the upland village fragment of a 17th- and 18th-century Acadian family farming settlement along the Annapolis River. It consists of a dyked terrace with subsurface archaeological remains, situated in the salt marshes of the Annapolis River.
From the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Melanson Settlement National Historic Site of Canada · Open Government Licence – Canada · quoted as the register has it
National Historic Sites are places the Minister of Environment designates, on the advice of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board, for their national significance.
Finding Melanson Settlement
Annapolis County, Subdivision A
It is a stop on its own: the next historic place is a longer trip.
Questions about Melanson Settlement
What is Melanson Settlement?
Since 1987, Melanson Settlement has been a National Historic Site of Canada.
Can you visit Melanson Settlement?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
Is Melanson Settlement protected?
National Historic Site status commemorates; legal protection, where there is any, comes from the province or municipality, or from federal ownership.
When was Melanson Settlement built?
The record of Melanson Settlement gives 1600.
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