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ANNAPOLIS COUNTY, N.S.

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The first monument placed in Nova Scotia to United Empire Loyalists is a cairn with a plaque located in Annapolis County at MacDonald Park in  Middleton  . It was erected in 1965 to the memory of United Empire Loyalists who settled in the area including Timothy Ruggles, Samuel Vetch Bayard, and Thomas H. Barclay, United Empire Loyalist Cairn Annapolis County also contains four of the oldest wooden churches in Canada which were built by United Empire Loyalists under the supervision of Bishop Charles Inglis, UE. These are: Old Holy Trinity , begun in 1789 at Middleton,  Old St. Edward's , completed in 1795 at Clementsport, and  Christ Church , started in 1790, at Karsdale.  A fourth nearby is  St. Mary's Church , constructed in 1789 at Auburn, King’s County . In the town of Annapolis Royal can be viewed several homes constructed or occupied by United Empire Loyalists. On Saint George Street is   Bailey House  , n amed after Elizabeth "Marm" Bailey, ...