Camera Obscura
Camera Obscura is an attraction you can visit in Windsor. The site is in the hands of Coastal Studio, Dalhousie University. Close by, Commemorative Church is 13 km away, one of 5 within 15 km.
Attraction in Windsor
Inside Windsor
Camera Obscura lies within the municipal boundary of Windsor. Towns near it ↓
Drawn from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers, with Statistics Canada’s 2021 outlines and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
The climate through the year
Warmest in Windsor are May to September, at 17–26°C.
Camera Obscura
It is run by Coastal Studio, Dalhousie University.
Location: in Windsor, within the town’s municipal boundary.
- Type
- Attraction
- Run by
- Coastal Studio, Dalhousie University
- Town
- in Windsor
- Official site
- coastalstudio.org/cameraobscura
Plan your visit
Where it sits
The places near Camera Obscura are numbered on the map in the order below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Windsor’s municipal boundary. · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
Towns within reach of Camera Obscura
Its own town comes first, then the towns within 5 km of it and those within 20 km; each has a page of things to do.
Windsor
Kings County, Subdivision D
Wolfville
Kings County, Subdivision B
Compare the 5 towns
| Town | Where Camera Obscura is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor | It’s in town | 20,318 | 11 |
| Kings County, Subdivision D | 16 km southwest of it | 6,517 | 9 |
| Wolfville | 18 km southwest of it | 5,587 | 7 |
| Kings County, Subdivision B | 23 km southwest of it | 12,661 | 13 |
| Enfield | 48 km east of it | 26,960 | 7 |
After Camera Obscura
National historic site · Parks CanadaCommemorative Church13 km away2
National historic siteGrand-Pré13 km away3MuseumMuseumChurchill House11 km away4MuseumMuseumEglise mémorielle13 km away5MuseumMuseumBlack Smith Shop13 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
A visit to Camera Obscura: questions
Where is Camera Obscura?
Camera Obscura lies in Windsor, Nova Scotia, within the municipal boundary of the town.
What is Camera Obscura?
Attraction.
Who runs Camera Obscura?
Coastal Studio, Dalhousie University.
When is the best time to visit Camera Obscura?
Pick May to September for the warmest weather in Windsor: 17–26°C in the afternoon, on the 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).
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (2)
- Commemorative Church: Mykola Swarnyk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Grand-Pré: Dr Wilson . User Semhur on the french , modified the original picture, CC BY 2.5, 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).