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The de Gannes-Cosby House, Annapolis Royal

The de Gannes-Cosby House on St. George Street, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, photographed in 2024.
The de Gannes-Cosby House on St. George Street, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, photographed in 2024. DeGannesCosby1 · CanadaContributor · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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The de Gannes-Cosby House in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, built in 1708 for French officer Louis de Gannes de Falaise, is a rare surviving house in Acadia from before the Deportation. After 1727 it was home to British officer Alexander Cosby, lieutenant-governor of Annapolis Royal, and it keeps original features such as wattle-and-daub infill and a fieldstone foundation.

Scope & context

The house and its significance, not the history of Port-Royal as a whole.

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