Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Old Port Medway Cemetery
Port Medway, Queens, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- cemetery
- Year built
- 1786
- Decade built
- 1780-1789
- Cultural association
- New England Planter
- Notice of registration date
- 2 October 2008
- Civic address
- 1640 Port Medway Road
- Community
- Port Medway
- County
- Queens
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 44.13044, -64.57433
- File number
- Prov_file_269
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3 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 · Lunenburg Co., N.S. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1878 · Yarmouth, Shelburne counties, N.S. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
the setting and topography of the site along the shore; the mature trees including basswood and linden trees; the variety of stones made of sandstone, white bronze, white stone (marble) granite, and cast zinc; the unique moitfs and styles of these stones and the age of the cemetery.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of the Old Port Medway Cemetery include:
- mature trees, including Basswood and Linden trees;
- location on bluff, overlooking Medway Bay;
- headstones of various ages carved from materials including white bronze, white stone (marble), granite and cast zinc and display a variety of subjects and styles.
Nearby in the register
- Seely Hallmeeting hallunder 1 mi
- Port Medway Meeting Housechurchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.