CANNONS IN NOVA SCOTIA - 119

ANNAPOLIS ROYAL

Fort St. Anne National Historic Site

Photographs of Cannon from Fort St. Anne National Historic Site

#LengthCalibreWeight-MakerDateComments
013ft 10in1pdr6-1-21??iron gun
024ft 6in4pdr???iron gun
039ft18pdr41-2-21?1760to1780iron
049ft18pdr41-2-14?1760to1780iron
059ft18pdr42-0-0?1760to1780iron
062ft 8.75in12pdr???iron carronade
073ft 1.5in6pdr???iron carronade with trunions
089ft 2in12pdr 4.5in16-3-4??iron b.a. no.2 cypher=King George III iron carriage #64 on r.trunion
099ft 8in12pdr 5.25in???iron b.a. iron carriage cypher]=King George III
109ft 8in5.25in???iron b.a. cypher=King George III
119ft 2in12pdr 4.5in?Walker&Co?iron b.a. cypher=King George III iron carriage No.63
129ft 2in12pdr 4.5in15-1-27Walker&Co?iron b.a. cypher=King George III iron carriage No.66
139ft 8in5.25in???iron b.a. cypher=King George III Blomefield pattern
14?16in???brass mortar French no. 2 2006 fleur de lyse
155ft 3in3.75in6-0-17??brass mortar French cypher=crown Latin script on barrel
163ft 9in3.5in???iron
175ft 3.5in???iron b.a.

Arcadia War Memorial

Yarmouth County
#LengthCalibreWeightMakerDateComments
01 ? ?33-1-17? 1727-1760iron cypher=King George II,Armstrong pattern,cannon on concrete carriage, WWI War Memorial

Arichat

Arichat Harbour
#LengthCalibreWeightMakerDateComments
01 ? 24pdr ?? ?Iron, Blomefield Cannon, iron carriage, left side
02 ?24 pdr ?? ??Iron, Blomefield Cannon, iron carriage, right side

Bear River

Annapolis County
#LengthCalibreWeightMakerDateComments
01 ? ?? ? ?iron buried in ground as a bollard, at intersection of Main and Upper River Road

Blockhouse Hill Cannon

Lunenburg County
#LengthCalibreWeightMakerDateComments
01 ? 6 pdr ?? H&C King 1812Bronze broad arrow cypher=King George III, south cannon on concrete carriage

Chester

War Memorial
#LengthCalibreWeightMakerDateComments
01 ? 6 pdr ?? H&C King 1812Bronze broad arrow cypher=King George III, south cannon on concrete carriage
02 ?6 pdr ?? H&C King1814Bronze broad arrow cypher=King George III,north cannonon concrete carriage
Legion
#LengthCalibreWeightMakerDateComments
01 ? ?34-0-15?1727-1760iron broad arrow cypher=King George II,south cannon on concrete carriage
02 ? ?33-0-21 ?1727-1760iron broad arrow cypher=King George II, north cannon on concrete carriage

Digby

Bay view

#LengthCalibreWeightMakerDateComments
01 ? ?41-3-1 ? ?iron broad arrow cypher=King George III Blomefield pattern on concrete carriage
02 ??42-0-26 ?1840iron broad arrow cypher=Queen Victoria on concrete carriage
03 ? ?42-3-0 ? 1841iron broad arrow cypher=Queen Victoria on concrete carriage

Digby Soldiers Cenotaph

#LengthCalibreWeightMakerDateComments
01 ? ?? ? ?iron Dundas/Monk pattern on naval carriage
02 ??? ??iron Dundas/Monk pattern on naval carriage

Loyalist Park

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

Five Houses

La Have

#LengthCalibreWeight-MakerDateComments
01??32-1-4?17??iron cypher=Queen Anne wooden carriage rotten

Fort Edward

Fort Edward

#LengthCalibreWeight-MakerDateComments
014ft 6in4pdr??1800to1820iron

Fort Lawrence

Photographs of Cannon at Fort Lawrence Nova Scotia

#LengthCalibreWeightMakerDateComments
01 4ft 6in 3pdr 3.5in? ? ?iron under gin naval carriage
02 4ft 8in7-3-2???iron broad arrow garrison carriage
03 5ft 3.5in7-2-7 ? ?iron garrison carriage
04 5ft 3.25in? ? ?iron garrison carriage
05 5ft 3.25in? ? ?iron garrison carriage

Green Island

Centreville - Cape Sable Island

#LengthCalibreWeight-MakerDateComments
01?????iron little remaining of cannon, at museum
24.05.99

Halifax

Citadel

Photographs of Cannon at the Halifax Citadel

#LengthCalibreWeight-MakerDateComments
019ft12pdr33-?-25Carron1819iron
028ft 6in12pdr32-2-24Walker&Co1800to1820iron
038ft 6in12pdr32-3-7Walker&Co1800to1820iron
048ft 6in12pdr32-3-27Walker&Co1800to1820iron
0510ft68pdr95-1-0?1858iron,on iron carriage on iron traversing carriage
069ft12pdr33-?-25Carron1819iron
078ft 6in12pdr32-2-24Walker&Co1800to1820iron
088ft 6in12pdr32-3-7Walker&Co1800to1820iron
098ft 6in12pdr32-3-27Walker&Co1800to1820iron
1010ft68pdr95-1-0?1858iron
118ft 6in12pdr32-3-7Walker&Co1800to1820iron
128ft 6in12pdr32-3-27Walker&Co1800to1820iron

McNabe's Island - Fort Ives

Photographs of Cannon at Fort Ives

#LengthCalibreWeight-MakerDateComments
01????1880'siron, counter-bombardment RML,on ground
02????1880siron counter-bombarment, RML, on ground
03????1880siron, counter-bombardment, RML, on ground
04 ????1880siron,counter-bobbardment, RML, on ground
05????1880siron, counter-bombarment, RML, on ground
06 ????1880siron, counter-bombardment, RML, on ground
07????1880siron, counterbombardment, RML on ground
08????1880siron, counter-bombardment, RML, mounted on traversing carriage in embrasure

Point Pleasant

#LengthCalibreWeight-MakerDateComments
015ft4 in5-2-27??iron ba cypher=Queen Victoria sights
025ft 4 in5-3-0Walker&Co1800to1820iron ba cypher=Queen Victoria sights

York Redoubt

Photographs of Cannons at York Redoubt, Halifax, Nova Scotia

#LengthCalibreWeight-MakerDateComments
016ft 4in9pdr??1800to1820iron
028ft 6in12pdr29-3-1?circa1780iron
037ft 6in12pdr29-0-2?circa1780iron
048ft18pdr??1800to1820iron
058ft18pdr??1800to1820iron
067ft 6in18pdr??1800to1820iron
078ft18pdr??1800to1824iron
088ft18pdr??1800to1820iron
099ft 18pdr42-1-4?1800to1820iron
109ft 6in18pdr??1800to1820iron
113ft 8in24pdr???iron carronade
123ft 7.75in24pdr???iron carronade

LaHavre

Fort Point

Photograph of Cannon at Fort Point Lighthouse - Liverpool, NS

#LengthCalibreWeight-MakerDateComments
01?????iron, cypher=King George III iron garrison carriage
02?????iron naval carriage

Louisbourg

Fortress Louisbourg

#LengthCalibreWeight-MakerDateComments
0110ft 6in5in???iron broken at muzzle
029ft4in???iron
039ft 4in???iron
0410ft 6in5in5416lb??iron
0510ft 6in18pdr 5in5416lb??iron
0610ft 6in18pdr 5in5416lb??iron stainless steel sleeve
0710ft 8in5.5in5416lb??iron
0810ft 8in5.5in5416lb??iron
099ft 11in 5.5in???iron
109ft 11in5.5in???iron
1111ft 2in6in5621lb??iron
1211ft 2in 6in5772lb??iron
1311ft 2in 6in5772lb??iron
1411ft 2in 6in5682lb??iron
1511ft 2in 6in5682lb??iron
169ft4in???iron
1711ft 2in6in5675lb??iron
1811ft 2in6in???iron
1911ft 2in 6in5527lb??iron
2011ft 2in 6in5473lb??iron
21 11ft 2in6in5417lb??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 8in5.25in???iron
329ft 8in5in???iron
33 10ft 6in5.5in???iron
34 10ft 6in5.5in???iron
35 10ft 6in5.5in???iron
36 10ft 6in5.5in???iron
3710ft 6in5.5in???iron

Port La Tour

Photograph of Carronade at Fort Saint Louis

#LengthCalibreWeight-MakerDateComments
01?????iron carronade with trunnions wooden stand

Newspaper article about Fort