Kejimkujik · Photo: Aconcagua · CC BY-SA 3.0Heritage in Annapolis County, Subdivision D: 1 historic place of the highest rank
Per resident Annapolis County, Subdivision D outdoes 90% of Canadian towns, with 3.1 for every 10,000 people. Behind these stand 3 more local or provincial listings that only Wikidata records.
Where Annapolis County, Subdivision D’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The federal directory kept by Parks Canada supplies most of these places; provincial and municipal lists outside Québec aren’t open data, so only the ones Wikidata documents with an article appear.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
One place in Annapolis County, Subdivision D with the highest designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
TopThe 50 km around Annapolis County, Subdivision D keep buildings from as early as 1600
The nearest historic places to Annapolis County, Subdivision D, out to 50 km, by the first construction date on each record.
The earliest is Melanson Settlement in Annapolis County, Subdivision A, begun in 1600. 22 places within 50 km have a date. 14 are older than 1867.
Top-ranked heritage near Annapolis County, Subdivision D: 10 places within 50 km
The mix: 8 provincial or municipal listings, 8 National Historic Sites and 4 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings. Oldest of them is Melanson Settlement (1600), 44 km off. Count to 50 km and there are 25.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1902–1903 · 23 km away, in Middleton |
| Mount Hanley Schoolhouse MuseumProvincially Registered Property · 1850 · 27 km away, in Annapolis County, Subdivision C |
| Hangar 9Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1952–1953 · 29 km away, in Kingston |
| Hangar 10Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1953–1954 · 29 km away, in Kingston |
| Hampton LighthouseProvincially Registered Property · 1911 · 31 km away, in Annapolis County, Subdivision B |
| Margaretsville LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1859–1860 · 34 km away, in Annapolis County, Subdivision C |
| De Gannes-Cosby HouseNational Historic Site · 1708–1709 · 37 km away, in Annapolis County, Subdivision A |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Annapolis Royal, Nova ScotiaHeritage Railway Station · 1915–1916 · 37 km away, in Annapolis County, Subdivision A |
| Annapolis County Court HouseNational Historic Site · 1837–1838 · 38 km away, in Annapolis County, Subdivision A |
| Saint Luke's Anglican ChurchProvincially Registered Property · 38 km away, in Annapolis County, Subdivision A |
| Bailey HouseProvincially Registered Property · 38 km away, in Annapolis County, Subdivision A |
| O'Dell House MuseumMunicipally Registered Property · 1868 · 38 km away, in Annapolis County, Subdivision A |
Annapolis County, Subdivision D keeps more old homes than most towns: 28% from before 1961, against 18%
Half of the homes standing in Annapolis County, Subdivision D today were built before 1981. The busiest building years in Annapolis County, Subdivision D were from 1981 to 2000, which account for 29% of today’s homes. From 2016 to 2021 Annapolis County, Subdivision D added 3.7% of its homes, close to the typical town’s 4.1%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
3 lives that began in Annapolis County, Subdivision D before 1914
The earliest is Dougald MacPherson, born in 1882. By Wikipedia’s reach, Ernest Buckler leads, with 4 articles. Of them all, Dougald MacPherson lived longest: 82 years, until 1964. Alden Whitman closes the list, born in 1913.
Everyone born in Annapolis County, Subdivision D → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Annapolis County, Subdivision D has the 2nd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,300 to 3,300 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Bonavista has more. The typical town its size has 0. 14 of them have none.
Annapolis County, Subdivision D in brief
Housing in Annapolis County, Subdivision D includes 28% built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. All told, the registers hold 1 historic place, one with the highest designation, Kejimkujik among them. Only one of the 16 towns nearest its size has more historic places. Its history in lives: Ernest Buckler (1908), Alden Whitman (1913) and Dougald MacPherson (1882). For the rest, its one place was designated in 1994.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- Map points. Parks Canada publishes no coordinates, so federal places are pinned where Wikidata puts them.
- 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 tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
Questions about Annapolis County, Subdivision D’s history
Which places in Annapolis County, Subdivision D have the highest designation?
It is Kejimkujik.
How old are the homes in Annapolis County, Subdivision D?
28% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
Why might a heritage building in Annapolis County, Subdivision D be missing here?
Only federal designations are fully open outside Québec. 3 more listings in Annapolis County, Subdivision D are known through Wikidata alone, so they are counted, not paged.
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).