Photo: Sarbelito Avila · CC BY-SA 3.0Lake Echo and its setting: 105 historic places within 25 km
Its housing is mostly newer: 5.2% predates 1961, where the typical town has 18%. For the highest designations, the closest town is Eastern Passage, 17 km off.
The highest designation, 44 times, within 25 km of Lake Echo
By age, D'Anville's Encampment leads, from 1746, at 22 km. The first one out is “Former Hampton Gray Memorial School, Building 14”, 15 km away in Eastern Passage. They are 45 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, 34 National Historic Sites and 15 provincial or municipal listings.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Former Hampton Gray Memorial School, Building 14Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1950–1960 · 15 km away, in Eastern Passage |
| Greenvale SchoolMunicipally Registered Property · 1915 · 17 km away, in Austinville |
| Quaker Whaler HouseMunicipally Registered Property · 1786 · 17 km away, in Austinville |
| Former Stores Building 110 (Carpenter Shop and Smithy)Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1885–1891 · 18 km away, in Schmidtville |
| Married Officers Quarters, former Building 125Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1901–1902 · 18 km away, in Schmidtville |
| Laboratory, former Building 92Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1885–1891 · 18 km away, in Schmidtville |
| Former Field Forge Storage Building No. 90Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1873–1878 · 18 km away, in Schmidtville |
| Former Guardroom and Prisoners' QuartersRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1866–1867 · 18 km away, in Schmidtville |
| Former Artillery Stores, Building 91Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1873–1878 · 18 km away, in Schmidtville |
| North Caponiers, Building 82A & 82BRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1829–1832 · 18 km away, in Schmidtville |
| Halifax Defense Complex, Georges Island, Fort Charlotte, South, Southeast and Southwest CaponiersRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1866–1868 · 18 km away, in Schmidtville |
| Former Guardhouse / Fire Engine House / Coal Stores, Building 114Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1885 · 18 km away, in Schmidtville |
Within 25 km of Lake Echo, the oldest record dates from 1746
No place near Lake Echo is close: these lie up to 25 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
D'Anville's Encampment, in Clayton Park West, is the oldest (1746). Within 25 km, 101 records give a date. Before Confederation: 47.
Lake Echo is still building: 6.6% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
More of Lake Echo’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000 than in any other period: 41%. Half of the homes standing in Lake Echo today were built before 2001. 28% of Lake Echo’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, close to the typical town’s 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Lake Echo compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 5,200 to 5,200 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover, Metchosin and Ritchie. The typical town its size has 0. 13 of them have nothing on the registers.
Lake Echo and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Echo | 5,223 | 0 | 0 | — |
| East Preston | 2,573 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lawrencetown | 3,509 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Gaetz Brook | 4,473 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Westphal | 4,201 | 0 | 0 | — |
| East Lawrencetown | 4,020 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Cole Harbour | 21,627 | 0 | 0 | — |
Lake Echo in brief
Most of its homes are post-1960: only 5.2% came earlier, against 18% in the typical town. Towns its size usually have more historic places; the middle one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- The tiers. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
- 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
Questions about Lake Echo’s history
How many historic places does Lake Echo have on the registers?
Lake Echo has none of its own yet. Former Hampton Gray Memorial School, Building 14, in Eastern Passage, is the nearest, 15 km away.
How old are the homes in Lake Echo?
Before 1961: 5.2% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
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).