Historic ship · Kingston · Nova Scotia

Lancaster

Set in Kingston, Lancaster is a historic ship. Its neighbours on our list number 8 within 5 km. The first to add nearby is Greenwood Military Aviation Museum, at 100 m.

Where

In Kingston

inside the municipal boundary

How well known

Top 29%

#1,476 of 5,181 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–26°C

In brief

Historic ship in Kingston

Inside Kingston

Lancaster is inside Kingston’s municipal boundary. Towns near it ↓

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

When to go

The climate through the year

The warmest stretch in Kingston is May to September, at 18–26°C in the afternoon.

Jan0° / -10°104 mm

Feb0° / -10°87 mm

Mar4° / -6°90 mm

Apr11° / 0°83 mm

May18° / 5°78 mm

Jun23° / 10°82 mm

Jul26° / 14°75 mm

Aug26° / 13°80 mm

Sep21° / 9°106 mm

Oct15° / 4°107 mm

Nov9° / 0°120 mm

Dec3° / -6°125 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Kingston, and each month’s precipitation (rain, with snow counted as water). Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at Greenwood, 8.5 km from Kingston (Open Government Licence – Canada). Hours and seasons change through the year: check before you go. Kingston’s full climate →

About

Lancaster

It sits in Kingston, within the municipal boundary of the town.

Type: Historic ship
Town: in Kingston
Official site: gmam.ca

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

The map

Locating Lancaster

The orange dot is Lancaster; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.

Towns near it

Towns that list Lancaster

Largest of the 6 is Kingston, home to 24,574. They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.

1 · It’s in town

Kingston

24,574 people · 14 places to visit

2 · 2.4 km southwest of it

Annapolis County, Subdivision C

5,694 people · 14 places to visit

3 · 2.5 km south of it

Annapolis County, Subdivision D

3,273 people · 14 places to visit

4 · 12 km southwest of it

Middleton

1,978 people · 2 places to visit

Compare the 6 towns

Town	Where Lancaster is	People	Places to visit
Kingston	It’s in town	24,574	14
Annapolis County, Subdivision C	2.4 km southwest of it	5,694	14
Annapolis County, Subdivision D	2.5 km south of it	3,273	14
Middleton	12 km southwest of it	1,978	2
Berwick	17 km northeast of it	2,631	1
Annapolis County, Subdivision B	28 km southwest of it	5,086	6

Make a day of it

Around Lancaster

Choose from 11 places within 15 km, such as 5 historic ships, 2 museums and a zoo.

1MuseumMuseumGreenwood Military Aviation Museum100 m away 2MuseumMuseumMiddleton Railway Museum12 km away · 2K visitors a year (2024)3ZooZooOaklawn Farm Zoo7.5 km away 4Historic shipHistoric shipArcturus (CP140A)100 m away 5Historic shipHistoric shipLabrador (CH 113)100 m away 6Historic shipHistoric shipArgus (CP 107)100 m away 7Historic shipHistoric shipSilver Star (CT-133)100 m away 8Historic shipHistoric shipDakota (C-47)100 m away

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

What people ask about Lancaster

Where is Lancaster?

Lancaster is in Kingston in Nova Scotia, and inside the town’s municipal boundary.

What is Lancaster?

Historic ship.

When is the best time to visit Lancaster?

In Kingston, May to September are the warmest, with afternoon highs of 18–26°C (ECCC 1991–2020 normals).

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).

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).