Military blockhouse

Fort Edward National Historic Site

Discover North America’s oldest military blockhouse and a key chapter of Canada’s colonial history high above Nova Scotia’s historic Minas Basin in Windsor.

On the second floor, original soldiers’ graffiti of ships and sloops testifies to the busy traffic that once plied the Avon River far below.

Man and child looking at images left on the walls of the Fort Edward blockhouse.
See if you can decipher the drawings on the wall

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