National historic site · Schmidtville · Nova Scotia

Lower Battery

Lower Battery, a national historic site, stands in Schmidtville. Nearby, 11 more places to visit are within 5 km. It counts as a Classified Federal Heritage Building.

Where

In Schmidtville

inside the neighbourhood outline

Run by

Parks Canada

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 20%

#1,012 of 5,181 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–23°C

In brief

National historic site in Schmidtville

Inside Schmidtville

Inside Schmidtville’s neighbourhood outline: Lower Battery. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by Parks Canada

One of the places Parks Canada looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Classified Federal Heritage Building

It holds a federal or Québec heritage designation, or sits on the Canadian Register of Historic Places. About ↓

Drawn from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers, with Statistics Canada’s 2021 outlines and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

Weather by the month

In Schmidtville, June to September bring the warmest days: highs of 19–23°C.

Jan0° / -8°124 mm

Feb1° / -8°114 mm

Mar4° / -4°120 mm

Apr9° / 0°108 mm

May14° / 5°115 mm

Jun19° / 10°107 mm

Jul23° / 14°95 mm

Aug23° / 15°94 mm

Sep20° / 11°107 mm

Oct14° / 6°141 mm

Nov9° / 1°135 mm

Dec4° / -4°156 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Schmidtville, and each month’s precipitation (rain, with snow counted as water). Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at Shearwater, 6.3 km from Schmidtville (Open Government Licence – Canada). Hours and seasons change through the year: check before you go. Schmidtville’s full climate →

About

Lower Battery

The site is kept up by Parks Canada. Around it, Georges Island (100 m) comes first on our list.

Its historic-place page →

Type: National historic site
Run by: Parks Canada
Listed: Classified Federal Heritage Building
Town: in Schmidtville

Facts: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF and the federal and Québec heritage registers.

The map

Mapping Lower Battery

Orange is Lower Battery; numbered in green, the places near it.

Towns near it

Towns that count Lower Battery

Largest of the 8 is Austinville, home to 28,021. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

1 · It’s in town

Schmidtville

18,105 people · 44 places to visit

2 · 600 m southwest of it

South End

22,012 people · 44 places to visit

3 · 1.1 km north of it

Manor Park

14,148 people · 46 places to visit

4 · 1.5 km northeast of it

Portland Estates

10,164 people · 46 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Lower Battery is	People	Places to visit
Schmidtville	It’s in town	18,105	44
South End	600 m southwest of it	22,012	44
Manor Park	1.1 km north of it	14,148	46
Portland Estates	1.5 km northeast of it	10,164	46
North End	2.2 km west of it	19,733	40
Eastern Passage	2.2 km east of it	10,745	41
Austinville	2.5 km northwest of it	28,021	45
Westmount	2.9 km southwest of it	23,207	41

Make a day of it

Close to Lower Battery

Our list has 11 more within 15 km, among them 3 museums, 2 historic ships and a fort.

FortGeorges Island100 m away 2

ChurchSt. Mary's Basilica1.3 km away

Historic shipHMCS Sackville1.2 km away

Art galleryArt Gallery of Nova Scotia1.5 km away 5

MuseumMaritime Museum of the Atlantic1.3 km away 6

MuseumCanadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21600 m away 7

MuseumDiscovery Centre800 m away

Historic shipS.S. Acadia1.2 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

A visit to Lower Battery: questions

Where is Lower Battery?

Lower Battery is in Schmidtville, Nova Scotia, inside the town’s neighbourhood outline.

What is Lower Battery?

National historic site.

Who runs Lower Battery?

Parks Canada.

When is the best time to visit Lower Battery?

Afternoons in Schmidtville peak at 19–23°C from June to September (ECCC 1991–2020 normals).

Is Lower Battery a designated historic place?

Yes: Classified Federal Heritage Building.

Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF (Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers, Statistics Canada 2021 census boundaries, ECCC 1991–2020 climate normals (Open Government Licence – Canada).

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Georges Island: Thparkth, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St. Mary's Basilica: baekken, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
HMCS Sackville: Bryson109 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia: Skeezix1000, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic: Letterofmarque, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21: Skeezix1000, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Discovery Centre: Ben MacLeod, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
S.S. Acadia: Robert Alfers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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).