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The list of historic places in the province of Nova Scotia contains heritage sites listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places (CRHP), all of which are designated as historic places either locally, provincially, federally or by more than one level of government.
Aside from being an excellent example of Second Empire architecture, Truro Old Normal College, built in 1877, is a testament to the movement to standardize and improve teacher training in the second half of the 19th century, and is associated with the development of Nova Scotia's public education system. Truro Post Office [93] 1886 (completed) 1983
The town presents a vast sample of maritime and Canadian architecture of the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. Considered one of the oldest inhabited in the country, the town has preserved its fortifications as well as the old cemetery, the oldest in the country. The district itself includes 135 heritage buildings. [5] Annapolis Royal in 1753
Nova Scotia [a] is a province of Canada, located on its east coast.It is one of the three Maritime provinces and most populous province in Atlantic Canada, with an estimated population of over 1 million as of 2024; it is also the second-most densely populated province in Canada, and second-smallest province by area. [11]
[53] [54] The city is the largest in the province and the second largest in the Atlantic Provinces after Halifax, Nova Scotia. [55] Its downtown area lies to the west and north of St. John's Harbour, and the rest of the city expands from the downtown to the north, south, east and west.
Port Royal (1605–1713) was a historic settlement based around the upper Annapolis Basin in Nova Scotia, Canada, [1] and the predecessor of the modern town of Annapolis Royal. It was the first successful attempt by Europeans to establish a permanent settlement in what is today known as Canada. [2]
Annapolis Royal is a town in and the county seat of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada.The community, known as Port Royal before 1710, [2] is recognised as having one of the longest histories in North America, preceding the settlements at Plymouth, Jamestown and Quebec. [3]
Louisbourg was a large enough city to have a commercial district, a residential district, military arenas, marketplaces, inns, taverns and suburbs, as well as skilled labourers to fill all of these establishments. [32]: 3 For the French, it was the second most important stronghold and commercial city in New France. Only Quebec was more ...