Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Morse Cemetery
Carleton Corner, Annapolis, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- cemetery
- Year built
- c.1790
- Decade built
- 1790-1799
- Cultural association
- New England Planter
- Notice of registration date
- 16 June 2005
- Civic address
- south side of Highway 201
- Community
- Carleton Corner
- County
- Annapolis
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 44.83149, -65.28204
- File number
- Prov_file_262
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford LibrariesRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive
4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1828 map "The north eastern coast, North America, New York to Cape Canso (center sheet)" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1828 · The north eastern coast, North America, New York to Cape Canso (center sheet) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1878 · St. John Co., N.B. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Saint John, New Brunswick (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Digby, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
cemetery is culturally significant for its role as a private family cemetery that was created c. 1790 for the decedents of Abner and Anna Morse, two of the earliest New England Planters coming to Nova Scotia; is architecturally significant because it is defined by a vintage wrought iron fence fitted with an antique lock; and contextually significant for being on its original site.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of the Burying Ground include:
- vintage wrought iron fence;
- wrought iron gate entrance with antique lock;
- eighteen original and historic grave stones and monuments, with their surviving inscriptions;
- grass-covered interment areas;
- location in relation to surrounding agricultural lands.
Nearby in the register
- Rothsay Masonic Templecommercialunder 1 mi
- Morse-Magwood Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- James House Museummuseumunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.