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 is a town in and the county seat of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada. The community, known as Port Royal before 1710, is recognised as having one of the longest histories in North America, preceding the settlements at Plym ...

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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. The town was the successor to the French settlement 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

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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

;Towns *

* Middleton ;Villages *

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* Lawrencetown * Albany ;Reserves * Bear River 6 * Bear River 6B ;County municipality and county subdivisions *Municipality of the County of Annapolis ** Annapolis Subdivision A ** 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 Parks of Canada, national park of Canada, covering in the southwest of Nova Scotia peninsula. Located within three municipalities, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Annapolis, Region of Queens Municipality ...

*Upper Clements Provincial Park *Valleyview Provincial Park

Attractions

* Bay of Fundy Scenic Drive * Mount Hanley Schoolhouse Museum * Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens (Annapolis) *

Fort Anne Fort Anne is a historic fort protecting the harbour of Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. It was built by Scottish settlers in August 1629 as Charles Fort. For the first 120 years of the fort's service period, the settlement of Port Royal, later A ...

(Fort Anne National Historic Site) *

Port-Royal National Historic Site Port-Royal National Historic Site is a National Historic Site located on the north bank of the Annapolis Basin in Granville Ferry, Nova Scotia, Canada. The site is the location of the Habitation at Port-Royal, which was the centre of activi ...

Upper Clements Park Upper Clements Parks was a seasonal theme park located in 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 Clements Theme Park and Upper ...

References

External links

Photographs of historic monuments in Annapolis County
* {{Authority control County municipalities in Nova Scotia 1759 establishments in the British Empire States and territories established in 1759 Counties of Nova Scotia