Nova Scotia Archives

Gideon White Family Papers

"Plan of 35 Acres of Land laid out on Point Carleton for John King & Isaac Wilkins"

The Plan’s legend identifies fifteen locations –
1. flag staff
2. barrack
3. house and workshop for artificers
4. barrack with south end occupied by officers
5. ordnance store
6. bake house
7. guard house
8. artillery park
9. magazine
10-11. houses built by the engineer
12-14. houses built by John King
15. a log hut built by African Nova Scotian Loyalists.

Date: 20 April 1786

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives RG 20, Series C, Vol. 93, No. 43

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