CANNONS IN NOVA SCOTIA - 119

ANNAPOLIS ROYAL

Fort St. Anne National Historic Site

Photographs of Cannon from Fort St. Anne National Historic Site
#	Length	Calibre	Weight-	Maker	Date	Comments
01	3ft 10in	1pdr	6-1-21	?	?	iron gun
02	4ft 6in	4pdr	?	?	?	iron gun
03	9ft	18pdr	41-2-21	?	1760to1780	iron
04	9ft	18pdr	41-2-14	?	1760to1780	iron
05	9ft	18pdr	42-0-0	?	1760to1780	iron
06	2ft 8.75in	12pdr	?	?	?	iron carronade
07	3ft 1.5in	6pdr	?	?	?	iron carronade with trunions
08	9ft 2in	12pdr 4.5in	16-3-4	?	?	iron b.a. no.2 cypher=King George III iron carriage #64 on r.trunion
09	9ft 8in	12pdr 5.25in	?	?	?	iron b.a. iron carriage cypher]=King George III
10	9ft 8in	5.25in	?	?	?	iron b.a. cypher=King George III
11	9ft 2in	12pdr 4.5in	?	Walker&Co	?	iron b.a. cypher=King George III iron carriage No.63
12	9ft 2in	12pdr 4.5in	15-1-27	Walker&Co	?	iron b.a. cypher=King George III iron carriage No.66
13	9ft 8in	5.25in	?	?	?	iron b.a. cypher=King George III Blomefield pattern
14	?	16in	?	?	?	brass mortar French no. 2 2006 fleur de lyse
15	5ft 3in	3.75in	6-0-17	?	?	brass mortar French cypher=crown Latin script on barrel
16	3ft 9in	3.5in	?	?	?	iron
17	5ft	3.5in	?	?	?	iron b.a.

Arcadia War Memorial

Yarmouth County

#	Length	Calibre	Weight	Maker	Date	Comments
01	?	?	33-1-17	?	1727-1760	iron cypher=King George II,Armstrong pattern,cannon on concrete carriage, WWI War Memorial

Arichat

Arichat Harbour

#	Length	Calibre	Weight	Maker	Date	Comments
01	?	24pdr ?	?		?	Iron, Blomefield Cannon, iron carriage, left side
02	?	24 pdr ?	?	?	?	Iron, Blomefield Cannon, iron carriage, right side

Bear River

Annapolis County

#	Length	Calibre	Weight	Maker	Date	Comments
01	?	?	?	?	?	iron buried in ground as a bollard, at intersection of Main and Upper River Road

Blockhouse Hill Cannon

Lunenburg County

#	Length	Calibre	Weight	Maker	Date	Comments
01	?	6 pdr ?	?	H&C King	1812	Bronze broad arrow cypher=King George III, south cannon on concrete carriage

Chester

War Memorial

#	Length	Calibre	Weight	Maker	Date	Comments
01	?	6 pdr ?	?	H&C King	1812	Bronze broad arrow cypher=King George III, south cannon on concrete carriage
02	?	6 pdr ?	?	H&C King	1814	Bronze broad arrow cypher=King George III,north cannonon concrete carriage

Legion

#	Length	Calibre	Weight	Maker	Date	Comments
01	?	?	34-0-15	?	1727-1760	iron broad arrow cypher=King George II,south cannon on concrete carriage
02	?	?	33-0-21	?	1727-1760	iron broad arrow cypher=King George II, north cannon on concrete carriage

Digby

Bay view

iron broad arrow cypher=King George III Blomefield pattern on concrete carriage

42-0-26

1840

iron broad arrow cypher=Queen Victoria on concrete carriage

42-3-0

1841

iron broad arrow cypher=Queen Victoria on concrete carriage

Digby Soldiers Cenotaph
#	Length	Calibre	Weight	Maker	Date	Comments
01	?	?	?	?	?	iron Dundas/Monk pattern on naval carriage
02	?	?	?	?	?	iron Dundas/Monk pattern on naval carriage

Loyalist Park
#	Length	Calibre	Weight	Maker	Date	Comments
01	?	?	41-3-1	?	?	iron broad arrow cypher=King George III Blomefield pattern on concrete carriage
02	?	?	42-0-26	?	1840	iron broad arrow cypher=Queen Victoria on concrete carriage
03	?	?	42-3-0	?	1841	iron broad arrow cypher=Queen Victoria on concrete carriage
04	?	?	42-3-6	?	1844	iron broad arrow cypher=Queen Victoria on concrete carriage
05	?	?	42-2-14	?	1844	iron broad arrow cypher=Queen Victoria on concrete carriage
06	?	?	42-1-11	?	1841	iron broad arrow cypher=Queen Victoria on concrete carriage

Five Houses

La Have
#	Length	Calibre	Weight-	Maker	Date	Comments
01	?	?	32-1-4	?	17??	iron cypher=Queen Anne wooden carriage rotten

Fort Edward

Fort Edward
#	Length	Calibre	Weight-	Maker	Date	Comments
01	4ft 6in	4pdr	?	?	1800to1820	iron

Fort Lawrence

Photographs of Cannon at Fort Lawrence Nova Scotia
#	Length	Calibre	Weight	Maker	Date	Comments
01	4ft 6in	3pdr 3.5in	?	?	?	iron under gin naval carriage
02	4ft 8in	7-3-2	?	?	?	iron broad arrow garrison carriage
03	5ft	3.5in	7-2-7	?	?	iron garrison carriage
04	5ft	3.25in	?	?	?	iron garrison carriage
05	5ft	3.25in	?	?	?	iron garrison carriage

Green Island

Centreville - Cape Sable Island
#	Length	Calibre	Weight-	Maker	Date	Comments
01	?	?	?	?	?	iron little remaining of cannon, at museum

24.05.99

Halifax

Citadel

Photographs of Cannon at the Halifax Citadel
#	Length	Calibre	Weight-	Maker	Date	Comments
01	9ft	12pdr	33-?-25	Carron	1819	iron
02	8ft 6in	12pdr	32-2-24	Walker&Co	1800to1820	iron
03	8ft 6in	12pdr	32-3-7	Walker&Co	1800to1820	iron
04	8ft 6in	12pdr	32-3-27	Walker&Co	1800to1820	iron
05	10ft	68pdr	95-1-0	?	1858	iron,on iron carriage on iron traversing carriage
06	9ft	12pdr	33-?-25	Carron	1819	iron
07	8ft 6in	12pdr	32-2-24	Walker&Co	1800to1820	iron
08	8ft 6in	12pdr	32-3-7	Walker&Co	1800to1820	iron
09	8ft 6in	12pdr	32-3-27	Walker&Co	1800to1820	iron
10	10ft	68pdr	95-1-0	?	1858	iron
11	8ft 6in	12pdr	32-3-7	Walker&Co	1800to1820	iron
12	8ft 6in	12pdr	32-3-27	Walker&Co	1800to1820	iron

McNabe's Island - Fort Ives

Photographs of Cannon at Fort Ives

#	Length	Calibre	Weight-	Maker	Date	Comments
01	?	?	?	?	1880's	iron, counter-bombardment RML,on ground
02	?	?	?	?	1880s	iron counter-bombarment, RML, on ground
03	?	?	?	?	1880s	iron, counter-bombardment, RML, on ground
04	?	?	?	?	1880s	iron,counter-bobbardment, RML, on ground
05	?	?	?	?	1880s	iron, counter-bombarment, RML, on ground
06	?	?	?	?	1880s	iron, counter-bombardment, RML, on ground
07	?	?	?	?	1880s	iron, counterbombardment, RML on ground
08	?	?	?	?	1880s	iron, counter-bombardment, RML, mounted on traversing carriage in embrasure

Point Pleasant
#	Length	Calibre	Weight-	Maker	Date	Comments
01	5ft	4 in	5-2-27	?	?	iron ba cypher=Queen Victoria sights
02	5ft	4 in	5-3-0	Walker&Co	1800to1820	iron ba cypher=Queen Victoria sights

York Redoubt

Photographs of Cannons at York Redoubt, Halifax, Nova Scotia
#	Length	Calibre	Weight-	Maker	Date	Comments
01	6ft 4in	9pdr	?	?	1800to1820	iron
02	8ft 6in	12pdr	29-3-1	?	circa1780	iron
03	7ft 6in	12pdr	29-0-2	?	circa1780	iron
04	8ft	18pdr	?	?	1800to1820	iron
05	8ft	18pdr	?	?	1800to1820	iron
06	7ft 6in	18pdr	?	?	1800to1820	iron
07	8ft	18pdr	?	?	1800to1824	iron
08	8ft	18pdr	?	?	1800to1820	iron
09	9ft	18pdr	42-1-4	?	1800to1820	iron
10	9ft 6in	18pdr	?	?	1800to1820	iron
11	3ft 8in	24pdr	?	?	?	iron carronade
12	3ft 7.75in	24pdr	?	?	?	iron carronade

LaHavre

Fort Point

Photograph of Cannon at Fort Point Lighthouse - Liverpool, NS
#	Length	Calibre	Weight-	Maker	Date	Comments
01	?	?	?	?	?	iron, cypher=King George III iron garrison carriage
02	?	?	?	?	?	iron naval carriage

Louisbourg

Fortress Louisbourg
#	Length	Calibre	Weight-	Maker	Date	Comments
01	10ft 6in	5in	?	?	?	iron broken at muzzle
02	9ft	4in	?	?	?	iron
03	9ft	4in	?	?	?	iron
04	10ft 6in	5in	5416lb	?	?	iron
05	10ft 6in	18pdr 5in	5416lb	?	?	iron
06	10ft 6in	18pdr 5in	5416lb	?	?	iron stainless steel sleeve
07	10ft 8in	5.5in	5416lb	?	?	iron
08	10ft 8in	5.5in	5416lb	?	?	iron
09	9ft 11in	5.5in	?	?	?	iron
10	9ft 11in	5.5in	?	?	?	iron
11	11ft 2in	6in	5621lb	?	?	iron
12	11ft 2in	6in	5772lb	?	?	iron
13	11ft 2in	6in	5772lb	?	?	iron
14	11ft 2in	6in	5682lb	?	?	iron
15	11ft 2in	6in	5682lb	?	?	iron
16	9ft	4in	?	?	?	iron
17	11ft 2in	6in	5675lb	?	?	iron
18	11ft 2in	6in	?	?	?	iron
19	11ft 2in	6in	5527lb	?	?	iron
20	11ft 2in	6in	5473lb	?	?	iron
21	11ft 2in	6in	5417lb	?	?	iron
22	9ft 10in	5in	?	?	?	iron
23	9ft 10in	5in	?	?	?	iron
24	9ft 10in	5in	?	?	?	iron

The cannons listed below were not mounted and rest on pieces of wood close to the ground (summer of 1999).

25	10ft 2in	5.5in	????	????	????	iron no cypher
26	11ft 2in	6in	?	?	?	iron
27	11ft 2in	6in	?	?	?	iron
28	11ft 2in	6in	?	?	?	iron
29	11ft 2in	6in	?	?	?	iron
30	9ft 8in	5in	?	?	?	iron
31	9ft 8in	5.25in	?	?	?	iron
32	9ft 8in	5in	?	?	?	iron
33	10ft 6in	5.5in	?	?	?	iron
34	10ft 6in	5.5in	?	?	?	iron
35	10ft 6in	5.5in	?	?	?	iron
36	10ft 6in	5.5in	?	?	?	iron
37	10ft 6in	5.5in	?	?	?	iron

Port La Tour

Photograph of Carronade at Fort Saint Louis
#	Length	Calibre	Weight-	Maker	Date	Comments
01	?	?	?	?	?	iron carronade with trunnions wooden stand

CANNONS IN NOVA SCOTIA - 119

ANNAPOLIS ROYAL

Fort St. Anne National Historic Site

Photographs of Cannon from Fort St. Anne National Historic Site

Arcadia War Memorial

Arichat

Bear River

Blockhouse Hill Cannon

Chester

Digby

Bay view

Digby Soldiers Cenotaph

Loyalist Park

Five Houses

La Have

Fort Edward

Fort Edward

Fort Lawrence

Photographs of Cannon at Fort Lawrence Nova Scotia

Green Island

Centreville - Cape Sable Island

24.05.99

Halifax

Citadel

Photographs of Cannon at the Halifax Citadel

McNabe's Island - Fort Ives

Photographs of Cannon at Fort Ives

Point Pleasant

York Redoubt

Photographs of Cannons at York Redoubt, Halifax, Nova Scotia

LaHavre

Fort Point

Photograph of Cannon at Fort Point Lighthouse - Liverpool, NS

Louisbourg

Fortress Louisbourg

The cannons listed below were not mounted and rest on pieces of wood close to the ground (summer of 1999).

Port La Tour

Photograph of Carronade at Fort Saint Louis

Newspaper article about Fort