Port Wade

Port Wade is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Annapolis County. It is situated at the foot of North Mountain on the shore of the Annapolis Basin.[1] An earlier French name was Pree Bourgeois and it was later known as West Ferry until 1905 when it was named after Fletcher Bath Wade.[2]

For the fictional town referred to in the Marlow family stories of Antonia Forest, see Autumn Term.

Port Wade is located in Nova Scotia
Port Wade
Port Wade in Nova Scotia

The Middleton and Victoria Beach Railway terminated here.[3] Iron ore from mines at Torbrook was transshipped here.[4]

Two houses in the village are municipally designated heritage properties. Captain James Anthony House was built c. 1853 in a modified Nova Scotia vernacular architectural style with Classical Revival influences.[5] The Captain Snow House built c. 1895, is described as an impressive example of the modified Gothic Revival style with Italianate and Queen Anne Revival influences.[6]

References
  1. "Port Wade". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  2. Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia. Halifax, NS: Public Archives of Nova Scotia. 1967. p. 558. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  3. Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia. Halifax, NS: Public Archives of Nova Scotia. 1967. p. 559. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  4. Frechette, Howells (1912). Western Portion of Torbrook Iron Ore Deposits, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. Bulletin No. 7. Ottawa: Canada: Department of Mines. p. 11. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  5. Captain James Anthony House. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  6. Captain Snow House. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 4 February 2018.

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