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Port Royal Habitation

1605 – 1613

Second-oldest European settlement in North America

Date of first
settlement
♦ 1565 St. Augustine, Florida
♦ 1605 Port Royal, Nova Scotia
♦ 1607 Jamestown, Virginia
♦ 1608 Quebec City, Quebec
♦ 1620 Plymouth, Massachusetts
Port Royal, 1605, is counted as the second oldest
permanent (continuously-occupied) European settlement
on the North American continent after St. Augustine,
Florida, which was settled by Spain in 1565.

Photographs of
Historic Site

Port Royal
Annapolis County
Nova Scotia

GPS location: 44°42'44"N 65°36'32"W

Map showing the location of the Port Royal Habitation 1605-1613 historic site

Map showing the location of the Port Royal Habitation
historic site, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.
Roads are shown as they were in 1978. Except for Highway 101, the
layout of the roads in 2004 has not changed much from that shown here.

Photographs of War Memorials, Historic Monuments and Plaques in Nova Scotia
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Scotch Fort 1629-1632 monument Port Royal
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Poutrincourt's 1607 Mill monument LeQuille
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Bloody Creek 1757 monument Bloody Creek
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Fort Anne bronze cannon Annapolis Royal
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1849 Nova Scotia Pony Express Monument Victoria Beach
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