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Annapolis Royal

Annapolis Royal is a town in and the county seat of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Originally established by the French as Port Royal in 1605, the community is historically significant as one of the oldest European settlements in North America.
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  • Type: Town with 530 residents
  • Description: town in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Also known as: “Annapolis”, “Annapolis Royal (NS)”, “Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia”, and “Annapolis Royal, NS”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Saint Luke’s Anglican Church and Annapolis Royal Generating Station.

Church
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Saint Luke's Anglican Church is a historic church located in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada. Constructed in 1815, the church served the British garrison stationed at Fort Anne until the garrison's removal to Halifax in 1854.

Industrial building
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The was a tidal power generating station in the in , . When operational, it was the only tidal generating station in and was one of the few in the world.

Building
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The is an inn located in Annapolis Royal, . Resulting from the amalgamation of two early eighteenth-century houses, it is the only Acadian building in the Annapolis Royal region to have survived from before the Great Upheaval.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Granville Ferry.

Village
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is a village in the province of , located in Annapolis County. is located directly across the from Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia.

Annapolis Royal

Latitude
44.742° or 44° 44′ 31″ north
Longitude
-65.5161° or 65° 30′ 58″ west
Population
530
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CA ASR
Open location code
87PPPFRM+QH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2854081782
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5885421
Wiki­data ID
Q564536
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Annapolis Royal” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Annapolis Royal”
  • Atikamekw: “Annapolis Royal”
  • Catalan: “Annapolis Royal”
  • Cebuano: “Annapolis Royal”
  • Chinese: “安納波利斯羅亞爾”
  • Chinese: “阿纳波利斯鲁瓦亚勒”
  • Danish: “Annapolis Royal”
  • Dutch: “Annapolis Royal”
  • Estonian: “Annapolis Royal”
  • Finnish: “Annapolis Royal”
  • French: “Annapolis Royal”
  • German: “Annapolis Royal”
  • German: “Royal Annapolis”
  • Irish: “Annapolis Rìoghail”
  • Irish: “Annapolis Royal”
  • Italian: “Annapolis Royal”
  • Japanese: “アナポリスロイアル”
  • Japanese: “アナポリスロイヤル”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Annapolis Royal”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Annaceaster Cynelīċ”
  • Persian: “آناپولیس رویال”
  • Polish: “Annapolis Royal”
  • Portuguese: “Annapolis Royal”
  • Romanian: “Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia”
  • Russian: “Аннаполис-Ройал”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Annapolis Rìoghail”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Annapolis Royal”
  • Spanish: “Annapolis Royal”
  • Swedish: “Annapolis Royal”
  • Turkish: “Annapolis Royal”
  • Ukrainian: “Аннаполіс-Роял”
  • Welsh: “Annapolis Royal”
  • “Annapolis Rìoghail”
  • “Annapolis Royal”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Annapolis Royal Heritage Area and Fort View Villages.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Annapolis Royal”. Photo: Hillsdale House 1859, CC BY-SA 3.0.