Local Historical Resources

 

Storymaps and Virtual Tours

The Society has supported and sponsored immersive digital initiatives that preserve and present the stories of Clements Township.

Hidden Village of Clementsport

A storymap created in 2024 by Carleton University Department of History graduate student Fionnuala Braun that describes the hidden stories of Clementsport that are kept alive by the people that live, and have lived, in the community.

See Inside NS

A website by local photographer Dan Froese that has virtual tours of historic buildings in Nova Scotia. The tours of the Clements Township churches Old St. Edward's and Goat Island Baptist Church were sponsored by Clements Historical Society.

Local Historical Resources

Several local historical societies and community groups have online resources that are useful in discovering and learning more about Clements Township and the surrounding area. Additional groups and information sources can be found on social media platforms, particularly Facebook.

The Annapolis Heritage Society operates local museums (O'Dell House, Sinclair Inn, and North Hills Museum) and preserves a wealth of information about local history.

The Bear River Historical Society meets in and maintains a museum in the Oakdene Centre, and holds an important collection of local photographs and documents.

Smith's Cove Historical Society and Museum maintains the local Methodist/United Church and Old Temperance Hall Meeting House, and operates a museum within the latter.

Mapannapolis publishes storymaps and a blog focused on spatial presentation of the history of the Annapolis region.

The Mi'kmaw Place Names Digital Atlas provides names and pronunciations for locations throughout Nova Scotia in Mi'kmaw, Nova Scotia's first language.

The DARwiki is an encyclopedic repository of information and digital objects relating to the Dominion Atlantic Railway, a key historic transportation link for Clements Township.

The Nova Scotia Virtual Archives provides public access to many digital objects of historial importance in Nova Scotia.

Annapolis Genealogy provides public access to many historical records useful in constructing genealogies with a connection to Annapolis County.