Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
St. Anne's Mission Church, Glebe House & Cemetery
Indian Island, Merigomish Harbour, Pictou, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- church
- Year built
- 1891, 1897
- Decade built
- 1890-1899
- Architect/designer
- Sylvester O'Donaghue
- Builder
- Angus MacDonald and Son
- Cultural association
- Mi'kmaq
- Notice of registration date
- 7 January 1993
- Civic address
- Indian Island (water access)
- Community
- Indian Island, Merigomish Harbour
- County
- Pictou
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.62723, -62.48098
- File number
- Prov_file_162
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1878 map "Pictou Co., N.S." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1878 · Pictou Co., N.S. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · Outline Map of Pictou County, Nova Scotia, 1879. (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)
- 1879 · County of Colchester, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · Counties of Queens and Kings, Prince Edward Island (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime… (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
that the church, the burial ground and the glebe house together represent the long history of Indian Island, Merigomish Harbour, as the spiritual home for the Mi'kmaq of Eastern Nova Scotia.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of Saint Anne's Mission Church include:
- wood frame construction;
- gable roof;
- partially inset bell tower;
- round-headed windows;
- rose and trefoil windows in the bell tower;
- Classical entrance design with pilasters and pediment.
Character-defining elements of the glebe house include:
- wood frame construction, made from wood taken from the earlier church structure.
Character-defining elements of the cemetery include:
- original and historic grave stones and monuments, with their surviving inscriptions;
- grass-covered interment areas;
- two statues, one of Jesus Christ and the other of the Virgin Mary.
Character-defining elements relating to the entire property include:
- protected location on an island;
- location in a setting long considered scared ground for the Mi'kmaq of eastern mainland Nova Scotia.