Port Medway, Nova Scotia

Port Medway is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Region of Queens Municipality.

44°7′33″N 64°34′26″W / 44.12583°N 64.57389°W / 44.12583; -64.57389 (Port Medway, Nova Scotia) Port Medway was settled by United Empire Loyalists via Land Petitions/Memorials in the 1780s.

[1] Because of its deep harbor, the town originally housed a significant wooden shipbuilding industry owned by the Wylde family.

When the industry disappeared the population dwindled to a few hundred residents.

[3] After the historic lighthouse was decommissioned, it was purchased by Queens County and restored in 2002.