National Historic Sites of Canada are places that have been designated by the federal Minister of the Environment on the advice of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, as being of nationa
Fort Anne in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, designated in 1917, is the oldest National Historic Site.
The celebrations of Quebec City's tricentennial in 1908 acted as a catalyst for federal efforts to designate and preserve historic sites.
Prince of Wales Fort in Churchill, Manitoba was one of the first two sites designated in Western Canada.
The initial focus of the program was strictly on commemoration rather than preservation or restoration. The ruins of the Fortress of Louisbourg were designated in 1920, but efforts to restore the fortress did not commence until 1961.
Fort George, Ontario
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Fort George was a military fortification in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. The fort was used by the British Army, the Canadian militia, and the United States Army for a brief period. The fort w
Blockhouses inside the fort
Facsimile of the first page of the Jay Treaty. Fort George was erected as a result of the treaty, which required British forces to withdraw from the American Northwest Territory.
Col. Winfield Scott at the gates of Fort George at the end of the Battle of Fort George, May 1813
Depiction of Fort Mississauga, c. 1860s. Built in the 1820s, the construction of Fort Mississauga was prompted by inadequacies demonstrated by Fort George during the war.