Nova Scotia Archives
Built Heritage Resource Guide
"View of the Town and Fort of Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia"
"Taken on the Spot by Capt. J. Hamilton of His Majesty's 40th Reg't of foot."
Roger Viets’s poem "Annapolis-Royal" was printed by A. Henry, Halifax, in 1788. This poem was re-printed in Roger Viets, Annapolis Royal a poem 1788, (Kingston, 1979), pp. 2-4 [V/F, vol. 19, #17]. Note the old use of the letter “f” for the letter “s”.
". . .Amidft the rural Joys, the Town is feen,
Enclos’d with Woods and Hills, forever green:
The Streets, the Buildings, Gardens, all concert
To pleafe the Eye, to gratify the Heart...
Where this romantic Village lifts her Head,
Betwixt the Royal Port and humble Mead;
The decent Manfions, deck’d with mod’rate Coft,
Of honeft Thrift, and gen’rous Owners boaft..."
Date: ca. 1753-1755
Artist: John Hamilton
Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Photo Collection: Places: Annapolis Royal: General View