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Battle of Bloody Creek

8 December 1757

Photographs of
Monument

Bloody Creek
Annapolis County
Nova Scotia

Located on the south side of Highway 201

GPS location: 44°49'20"N 65°18'35"W

Monument commemorating the 1757 Battle of Bloody Creek

Photographed on 1 July 2003

Plaque commemorating the 1757 Battle of Bloody Creek

Plaque commemorating the 1757 Battle of Bloody Creek

Plaque date: 1932
Photographed on 1 July 2003

Bloody Creek 1757: map showing location of monument

Bloody Creek 1757: map showing location of monument

Map showing the location of the monument
commemorating the 1757 Battle of Bloody Creek,
Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.
Roads are shown as they were in 1978. Except for Highway 101, the
layout of the roads in 2002 has not changed much from that shown here.

Links to Relevant Websites

Footnotes to Chapter 10: Port Royal and The English Takeover: 1690-1744
by Peter Landry
The ambush took place about 12 miles northeast of the fort on the north side
of the Annapolis River. Now known as Bloody Creek, a memorial marks the spot
today on the south side of the river just where highway no. 201 intersects
Bloody Creek, a mile west of the present day community of Carleton Corner...
http://www.blupete.com/Hist/NovaScotiaBk1/Part2/Ch10fn.htm

First Battle of Bloody Creek, 10 June 1711 by Peter Landry
http://www.blupete.com/Hist/NovaScotiaBk1/Part2/Ch10.htm#Creek

Photographs of War Memorials, Historic Monuments and Plaques in Nova Scotia
/remem/plaques.html

Poutrincourt's 1607 Mill monument LeQuille
/annapco/lequille.html

Fort Anne bronze cannon Annapolis Royal
/annapco/annebroncann.html

Bear River war memorial Bear River
/annapco/bearriverm.html

1849 Nova Scotia Pony Express Monument Victoria Beach
/annapco/ponyexmon.html

Port Royal Habitation 1605-1613 Port Royal
/annapco/portroyal.html

Scotch Fort 1629-1632 monument Port Royal
/annapco/scotchfort.html

Rawding Captains monument Clementsport
/annapco/rawdingm.html

Annapolis Iron Mining Company monument Clementsport
/annapco/annironm.html

Memorial: Commonwealth Air Training Program, 1940-1945 Middleton
/annapco/bcatpww2.html

Commonwealth Air Training Program memorial, 1940-1945 Kingston
/kingsco/bcatprc.html

French Cross monument Morden
/kingsco/frenchcross.html

Iron Cross monument Horton Landing
/kingsco/ironcross.html

Sainte-Famille Parish Cemetery Falmouth
/hantsco/acadnfalm.html

Fort Point monument LaHave
/lunenco/lahavefpm.html

Sir Robert Laird Borden monument Grand Pre
/kingsco/borden_rl.html

Abraham Gesner Monument Chipman Corner
/kingsco/gesnermem.html

Springfield war memorial
/annapco/springfld.html

Clementsport war memorial
/annapco/clemport.html

Clementsvale war memorial Clementsvale
/annapco/clemvalem.html

Bridgetown war memorial Bridgetown
/annapco/bridgetownm.html

Monument: 1747 Attack at Grand Pre Grand Pre
/kingsco/attack1747.html

Fort Edward blockhouse Windsor
/hantsco/fortedward.html

Fort Edward cannons Windsor
/hantsco/fortedcann.html

Arthur Kennedy tombstone LeQuille
/annapco/kennedyja.html

Perez Coldwell memorial, 1852 "A man from Gaspereau"
/kingsco/coldwellp.html

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First uploaded to the Internet: 2002 October 20
New photographs installed: 2003 December 13