The New Student's Reference Work/Annapolis (Nova Scotia)

Annapolis, or Annapolis Royal, formerly Port Royal, is the county seat of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, situated on Annapolis Basin, opening from the Bay of Fundy. It is the oldest European settlement in America to the north of Florida, having been founded by De Monts and Champlain in 1604. It has an estimated population of 1,105, the county containing about 20,000 souls. The ruins of the ancient fortress, still imperial property, are of interest, but there are no remaining proofs of the early French occupancy. It was named from Queen Anne on its capture by the British in 1710, and was ceded to the British Crown in 1713. See Nova Scotia.