Casemates
About Casemates
Casemates is one of 9 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings in Eastern Passage. The register gives 1888–1893 for Casemates. British Royal Engineers designed it. 6 more historic places stand within 400 m of it.
The Casemates building is situated within the embankment of the central mound at Fort McNab National Historic Site of Canada. It is a long, low, one-storey, concrete structure composed of seven vaulted bays. Four of the bays retain the original arrangement of a central door with a transom, flanking windows, and a round-headed, recessed concrete panel. The designation is confined to the footprint of the building.
From the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Casemates · Open Government Licence – Canada · in the register’s words, not edited
Recognized federal heritage buildings are owned by the Government of Canada and reviewed for their heritage value.
Make it a walk: 2 historic places in about 5 minutes
Eastern Passage · about 100 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1CasematesStart here
- 2Fort McNabNational Historic Site · 100 m on
6 within 300 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Questions about Casemates
What is Casemates?
Casemates has been a Recognized Federal Heritage Building since 1997.
Is Casemates protected?
The federal heritage policy applies while Canada owns it.
When was Casemates built?
Work on Casemates is recorded as 1888–1893.
Can you visit Casemates?
The outside is easy to see; inside, it depends on the owner’s rules.
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) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles.
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).