Annapolis Royal Places and Waterfront Walk
Annapolis Royal · Canada
- Audio guide
- 4 languages
- Offline
Walk through Annapolis Royal’s story as you move from the former fort of Port-Royal to a historic house, a garden, churches, museums, and the harbour edge. Along the way, you will encounter the lighthouse, wharf, market, and several museums with different ways to connect with the town’s past and present. The route is worth taking for its varied mix of buildings, green space, local gathering places, and waterfront views.
The walk
Stops 1–6 of 11. The rest are in the app.
Fort Anne
A Scottish fort became Acadia’s contested capital and Canada’s oldest surviving fortification.
de Gannes-Cosby House
The de Gannes-Cosby House is an attraction in Annapolis Royal, Canada.
Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens
A garden set inside a town that changed empires seven times and outlasted thirteen sieges.
St. Luke's Anglican Church
A garrison church whose royal foundation still shapes what you see above the entrance.
Annapolis Royal Harbour Lookout
A harbour view shaped by Mi’kmaq routes, French settlement, and seven changes of imperial hands.
Annapolis Royal Lighthouse
A lighthouse with a town-sized story behind it: French beginnings, British conquest, and seven changes of hands.
Stop 7
Stop 8
Stop 9
- 5 more stops in the app
Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places
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How a walk works
5 more stops in the app
This page shows the first 6 of 11 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.
Pick a walk
Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.
Pocket your phone
Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.
Listen as you arrive
On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.
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A guide who talks
Narration at every stop, starting on its own as you arrive — phone in your pocket.
The route, followed
A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.
In four languages
English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.
Or build your own
Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.
The unglamorous things
Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.
No signal needed
Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.
Picks up where you left off
Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.