FedHeritage Lighthouse · 1878St. Peters Harbour LighthouseLighthouse RoadPhoto: Dennis G. Jarvis · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons file
Photo: Neil and Kathy Carey from Edmonton, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.01historic place on the registers
History of Morell · Canada’s heritage registers
Morell has 1 historic place on the registers
St. Peters Harbour Lighthouse, from 1878, is Morell’s heritage lighthouse. More of its homes are old than in most towns: 26% before 1961, against 18%.
Historic places
1
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Other federal designations
1
Recognized buildings, railway stations, lighthouses
Oldest building
1878
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
26%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
Heritage Morell
The photo shows St. Peters Harbour Lighthouse, the one place on Morell’s registers.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
The map
Where Morell’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Other federal designations
Names show on hover, and a tap takes you to the place’s page.
The 1, by tier
1 Other federal designations
The federal directory kept by Parks Canada supplies most of these places; provincial and municipal lists outside Québec aren’t open data, so only the ones Wikidata documents with an article appear.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Other federal designations
One other place Canada recognizes in Morell
Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
The heritage closest to Morell: Dalvay-by-the-Sea, at 25 km
The registers hold 28 within 50 km. Charlottetown, New Glasgow and North Shore hold most of them, among 8 towns. By age, “Jean-Pierre Roma at Three Rivers, P. E. I.” leads, from 1732, at 28 km.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| Dalvay-by-the-SeaNational Historic Site · 1896–1900 · 25 km away, in North Shore |
| Jean-Pierre Roma at Three Rivers, P. E. I.National Historic Site · 1732–1733 · 28 km away, in Three Rivers |
| Covehead Harbour LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1975 · 31 km away, in North Shore |
| ArdgowanNational Historic Site · 1850–1851 · 33 km away, in Charlottetown |
| Ravenwood House #5Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1820–1829 · 33 km away, in Charlottetown |
| FairholmNational Historic Site · 1839–1840 · 34 km away, in Charlottetown |
| Great George Street Historic DistrictNational Historic Site · 1864 · 34 km away, in Charlottetown |
| Province HouseNational Historic Site · 1839–1848 · 34 km away, in Charlottetown |
| St. Dunstan's Roman Catholic BasilicaNational Historic Site · 1896–1908 · 34 km away, in Charlottetown |
| Shaw's HotelNational Historic Site · 1860–2001 · 34 km away, in New Glasgow |
| Apothecaries HallNational Historic Site · 1900–1901 · 34 km away, in Charlottetown |
| Charlottetown City HallNational Historic Site · 1888–1889 · 34 km away, in Charlottetown |
Homes by age
The biggest share of Morell’s homes dates from 1981 to 2000: 28%
Half of the homes standing in Morell today were built before 2001. Homes built from 2016 to 2021 make up 5.8% of Morell’s, above the typical 4.1%. Morell has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 20%, where most towns have 15%.
26%
Before 1961
21%
1961–80
28%
1981–2000
20%
2001–15
5.8%
2016–21
MorellTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Neighbours
Morell and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morell | 1,422 | 1 | 0 | 1878 |
| East River, Part 1 | 2,657 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Morell in brief
In Morell, 26% of homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The count is 1 historic place. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: its one place was designated in 2016.
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.
- Map points. Pins for federal places come from Wikidata rather than Parks Canada, which gives no points.
- 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.
- 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.
- Protection. A National Historic Site designation recognises significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Legal protection comes from provincial and municipal designations, whose own registers aren’t open data outside Québec.
- 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.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
Questions about Morell’s history
How many historic places does Morell have on the registers?
1 historic place inside Morell, by the federal, Québec and Wikidata-known registers.
What is the oldest building in Morell?
St. Peters Harbour Lighthouse — its record dates it to 1878 (Heritage Lighthouse).
How old are the homes in Morell?
Before 1961: 26% 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).