Port Medway, Nova Scotia
Community in Nova Scotia, Canada
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Port Medway is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia,[1] located in the Region of Queens Municipality.
Port Medway in Nova Scotia
History
Port Medway was settled by United Empire Loyalists via Land Petitions/Memorials in the 1780s.[2]
Because of its deep harbor, the town originally housed a significant wooden shipbuilding industry owned by the Wylde family.[3] At its most prosperous, over 5,000 inhabitants lived and worked there. When the industry disappeared the population dwindled to a few hundred residents.[4]
After the historic lighthouse was decommissioned, it was purchased by Queens County and restored in 2002.[5]
