TopNational Historic Site · 1800–1802Homewoodnorth side of Highway 2Photo: Hans-Jürgen Hübner · CC BY 3.0 · Commons file
Homewood · Photo: Hans-Jürgen Hübner · CC BY 3.02historic places on the registers
History of Augusta · Canada’s heritage registers
Pointe au Baril, from 1758, is Augusta’s oldest designated place
All 2 historic places listed in Augusta are of the highest rank. Measured against its size, 2.6 per 10,000 residents puts it ahead of 88% of Canadian towns.
Historic places
2
2.6 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
2
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Oldest building
1758
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
28%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Augusta’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designations
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 2, by tier
2 Highest designations
Federal designations come from Parks Canada’s directory; a province’s or a council’s own listing shows here only when Wikidata holds it and an encyclopedia covers it.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
Augusta’s 2 top designations
The oldest, Pointe au Baril, dates from 1758; the newest from 1800. National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Their designations span 1923 to 1982. Each one opens its own page.
National Historic Site · 1758–1760Pointe au Baril20m on north side of Highway 2 (between 1284 and 1286)
Around the town
4 places of national importance within 10 km of Augusta
They belong to 2 towns, chiefly Prescott and Cardinal. Prescott Railway Station (Grand Trunk) in Prescott is the nearest, 5.9 km away. 4 places lie within 10 km.
The 4 nearest, within 10 km
| Prescott Railway Station (Grand Trunk)National Historic Site · 1855–1856 · 5.9 km away, in Prescott |
| Fort WellingtonNational Historic Site · 1813–1815 · 7.2 km away, in Prescott |
| Battle of the WindmillNational Historic Site · 1838 · 9.1 km away, in Cardinal |
| Windmill TowerClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1832–1833 · 9.1 km away, in Cardinal |
Homes by age
Old houses stand out in Augusta: 28% predate 1961, where most towns have 18%
Augusta built little from 2001 to 2015: 8.1% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. The largest single period is from 1961 to 1980, with 32% of Augusta’s homes. From 2016 on, Augusta built only 3.2% of its homes; the typical town built 4.1%.
28%
Before 1961
32%
1961–80
29%
1981–2000
8.1%
2001–15
3.2%
2016–21
AugustaTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Born here
Born in Augusta before the First World War: 8 lives
At 86, Hamilton Dibble Jessup outlived the rest, dying in 1892. In 1791 came the earliest, Henry Burritt. By Wikipedia’s reach, Henry Sherwood leads, with 6 articles. George Read closes the list, born in 1819.
Henry Burritt
Jonas Jones
Edward Jessup III
Hamilton Dibble Jessup
Henry Sherwood
William Benjamin Wells
George Sherwood
George Read
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HS
Henry Sherwood1807–1855 · Canadian politician
Jonas Jones1791–1848 · Canadian politician
EI
Edward Jessup III1801–1831 · Canadian politician
WW
William Benjamin Wells1809–1881 · Canadian politician and judge
GS
George Sherwood1811– · Canadian judge
George Read1819–1903 · Canadian politician
HB
Henry Burritt1791–1872 · Canadian politician
HJ
Hamilton Dibble Jessup1806–1892 · Canadian physician
Everyone born in Augusta → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Towns its size
Augusta has the 3rd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 7,700 to 7,800 residents, by places on the registers.
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Only Baie-Saint-Paul and Central St. Boniface have more. Their median is 0. 13 of them have none.
Neighbours
Augusta and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augusta | 7,767 | 2 | 2 | 1758 |
| Prescott | 4,342 | 7 | 3 | 1813 |
| Brockville | 23,720 | 4 | 3 | 1842 |
| Cardinal | 7,952 | 2 | 2 | 1832 |
In brief
Augusta in brief
Older stock first: 28% of homes in Augusta were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Together that makes 2 historic places, 2 with the highest designation, led by Pointe au Baril. Only 2 of the 16 towns nearest its size have more historic places. Among the lives from its past: Henry Sherwood (1807), Jonas Jones (1791) and Edward Jessup III (1801). The other figures are unremarkable: the designations ran from 1923 to 1982.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
- The tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- Map points. Where a federal place sits on the map is Wikidata’s placing; the directory itself has no coordinates.
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
- 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.
Questions about Augusta’s history
What is the oldest building in Augusta?
Pointe au Baril (National Historic Site): the first construction date on its record is 1758.
Which places in Augusta have the highest designation?
They are Pointe au Baril and Homewood.
How old are the homes in Augusta?
28% predate 1961, where 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).