Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Black Refugees Settlement in Beechville
Beechville, Halifax, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- site
- Notice of registration date
- 10 April 2018
- Civic address
- No. 3 Highway
- Community
- Beechville
- County
- Halifax
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 44.63337, -63.69006
- File number
- Prov_file_301
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford LibrariesRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive
3 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1879 map "County of Halifax, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces)" (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1879 · County of Halifax, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Hants, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive)
- 1879 · County of Kings, 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
character defining elements; which include: its location within the community of Beechville; its direct assocation with the first Black Refugees to Nova Scotia of 1813 and its evolving community; and the 3 known features within the site, specifically a linear stone feature and 2 possible homes.