Annapolis County is a

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in the

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located in the western part of the province located on the

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. The county seat is

Annapolis Royal Annapolis Royal, formerly known as Port Royal, is a town located in the western part of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Today's Annapolis Royal is the second French settlement known by the same name and should not be confused with the n ...

History

Established August 17, 1759, by Order in Council, Annapolis County took its name from the town of

which had been named in honour of

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. It was near the previous site of

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, the chief

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settlement in the area. The Acadians had been forcibly removed by British government officials in the 1755

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. In 1817 the population of the county was 9,817, and that had grown to 14,661 by 1827. At that time, the county was divided into six

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: Annapolis, Granville, Wilmot, Clements, Digby and Clare. By 1833, a number of reasons had been advanced for making two counties out of Annapolis County. Two petitions were presented to the House of Assembly in that year requesting that the county be divided. However, it was not until 1837 that Annapolis County was divided into two distinct and separate counties - Annapolis and Digby.

Demographics

As a

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in the

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conducted by

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, Annapolis County had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Forming the majority of the Annapolis County census division, the Municipality of the County of Annapolis, including its Subdivisions A, B, C, and D, had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Population trend Mother tongue language (2011) Ethnic Groups (2006)2006 Statistics Canada Census Ethnocultural Portrait of Canada: Annapolis County, Nova Scotia
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Communities

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* Middleton ;Villages * Lawrencetown *

Albany, Nova Scotia Albany is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Annapolis County. It is situated on Nova Scotia Trunk 10 Trunk 10 is part of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia's system of Trunk Highways. This rural road runs from Br ...

;Reserves *

Bear River 6 Bear River 6 is a Mi'kmaq reserve located in Annapolis County and Digby County, Nova Scotia. It had a population of 138 individuals in 2016, an increase of 35.3% compared to 2011. It is administratively part of the Bear River First Nation Bear R ...

* Bear River 6B ;County municipality and county subdivisions *Municipality of the County of Annapolis **

Annapolis Subdivision A Annapolis ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Maryland and the county seat of, and only incorporated city in, Anne Arundel County. Situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east ...

** Annapolis Subdivision B ** Annapolis Subdivision C ** Annapolis Subdivision D

Access routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county limits:Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas Pages 76-77, 84-85 *Highways ** *Trunk Routes ** ** ** *Collector Routes: ** ** ** *External Routes: **None

Protected areas

*Cottage Cove Provincial Park *Cloud Lake Wilderness Area *Delaps Cove Hiking Trails *

Kejimkujik National Park Kejimkujik National Park () is a National Park of Canada, covering in the southwest of Nova Scotia peninsula. Located within three municipalities, Annapolis, Queens, Digby, it consists of two separate land areas: an inland part, which is coinc ...

*Upper Clements Provincial Park *Valleyview Provincial Park

Attractions

* Bay of Fundy Scenic Drive * Mount Hanley Schoolhouse Museum *

Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens Annapolis ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Maryland and the county seat of, and only incorporated city in, Anne Arundel County. Situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east o ...

(Annapolis) *

Fort Anne Fort Anne (first established in 1629 as the Scottish Charles Fort) is a four-bastion fort built to protect the harbour of Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. The fort repelled all French attacks during the early stages of King George's War. Now desig ...

(Fort Anne National Historic Site) *

Port-Royal National Historic Site Port-Royal National Historic Site (originally built 1605–1613) is a National Historic Site located on the north bank of the Annapolis Basin in the community of Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada. The site is the location of the Habitation at P ...

Upper Clements Park Upper Clements Parks was a seasonal theme park located in Upper Clements, Nova Scotia, Upper Clements, Nova Scotia, Canada owned and operated by a non profit community group, The Upper Clements Parks Society. It was composed of two parks; Upper Cl ...

References

External links

Photographs of historic monuments in Annapolis County
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