Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church
Tracadie, Antigonish, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- church
- Year built
- 1865
- Decade built
- 1860-1869, 1870-1879
- Cultural association
- Acadian
- Notice of registration date
- 2 October 1989
- Civic address
- 9676 Highway 4
- Community
- Tracadie
- County
- Antigonish
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.62369, -61.64062
- File number
- Prov_file_103
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3 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1764 map "L'Isle Royale, Située a l'Entrée du Golphe de Saint Laurent" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1764 · L'Isle Royale, Située a l'Entrée du Golphe de Saint Laurent (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Pictou, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Eastern Half of Nova Scotia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
the church symbolizes the history of Acadian settlement on the Northumberland Strait Shore and because of its close association with Father Vincent de Paul and his founding of the nearby Trappist Monastery.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements relating to the Gothic-Revival style architecture of St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church include:
- rectangular, wood frame structure;
- symmetrical configuration;
- central steeple with octagonal belfry and spire;
- Gothic window arches;
- setting in a prominent open area in the heart of the community;
- adjacent cemetery with original grave markers.