Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Manuel Fish Shed & Store
Peggy's Cove, Halifax, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- fish shed
- Year built
- 1825
- Decade built
- 1820-1829
- Notice of registration date
- 11 December 1990
- Civic address
- Lobster Lane
- Community
- Peggy's Cove
- County
- Halifax
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 44.49356, -63.91608
- File number
- Prov_file_128
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveDavid Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries
3 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1878 map "Lunenburg Co., N.S." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1878 · Lunenburg Co., N.S. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Kings, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive)
- 1879 · County of Halifax, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
the fish shed and store, largely unaltered, are the oldest buildings of their type known in the Province and because they have become such a distinctive landmark of Peggy's Cove and appear in the paintings of many noted Canadian artists.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of the York Manuel Fish Store buildings include:
- one-and-a-half storey wood construction;
- steeply pitched gable roof;
- wooden board cladding;
- six-over-six windows;
- structural elements allowing access to the water, including the dock and pilings;
- setting on wooden posts and secured to the rocks below the structure;
- prominent location near the head of Peggy's Cove complementary with surrounding buildings and built heritage features.
Nearby in the register
- Bayer Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.