Prince of Wales Tower

The Prince of Wales Tower is the oldest martello tower in North America and is located in Point Pleasant Park, Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.

[1] It was built in 1796 by Captain James Straton and was used as a redoubt and a powder magazine.

Restored, it was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1943.

The Prince of Wales Tower is named after Edward's eldest brother, the future George IV of the United Kingdom.

The tower is a squat, round structure built of stone, almost three times as wide as it is high.