Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Fort Lawrence Terminus
Fort Lawrence, Cumberland, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- site
- Year built
- 1891
- Decade built
- 1880-1889, 1890-1899
- Notice of registration date
- 17 January 1985
- Civic address
- Fort Lawrence Road, Route 4
- Community
- Fort Lawrence
- County
- Cumberland
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.83735, -64.27321
- File number
- Prov_file_38
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1879 map "County of Cumberland, 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 Cumberland, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · Counties of Westmorland and Albert, New Brunswick (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime… (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 · County of Kent, New Brunswick (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (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
to ensure that the evidence of one of Nova Scotia's most ambitious engineering projects will be recognized and retained for future generations.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of Tidnish Dock include:
- remnants of the terminus including stone work and unused masonry;
- remnants of the terminus including the jetty;
- location next to and scenic view of the Bay of Fundy.
Nearby in the register
- Old Amherst Post Officepublic3 mi
- Amherst Dominion Public Buildingpublic3 mi
- Amherst Intercolonial Railway Stationrailway station3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.