Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Musquodoboit Harbour Railway Museum
Musquodoboit Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- railway station
- Notice of registration date
- 18 September 2025
- Civic address
- 7895 Highway 7
- Community
- Musquodoboit Harbour
- County
- Halifax
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 44.78628, -63.14979
- File number
- Prov_file_316
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 Archive
2 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)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
its heritage value based on age, architecture, personage, association with the railway industry and character-defining elements; which include its: long low horizontal form; wood frame construction; flared low pitched hipped roof; large overhang and surrounding wooden platform; corner pilasters; large brackets; trim board string course; varying roof lines; cross gable; window placement and style (six over two); some with transoms; bay door with transom for transporting luggage; wood-shingle siding; wood-vertical sliding doors; and placement near original rail lines.
Nearby in the register
- Rose Bank Cottageresidenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.