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Location DB > Canada > Nova Scotia > Mount Uniacke > Uniacke Estate
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Uniacke Estate
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created by nootz on 5/19/2011 9:40 PM
last modified by nootz on 5/19/2011 9:55 PM
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A historic property of 930 hectares, there are three main buildings, two smaller houses, some ruins and a bunch of walking trails.
 Basic Information
Type: Indoors/Outdoors
Status: Repurposed
Accessibility: Easy
Recommendation: worth the trip
 Physical Information
Address
758 Hwy 1
Mount Uniacke, Nova Scotia
Canada
Owner: Parks Canada
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  •  Hazards
     Interesting Features
    Lots of walking trails and excavated remains.
     Security Measures
  • locked gates
  • Park closes at 8pm
  •  Historical Dates
    Built: 1813
    Closed: 0
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     History
    Built as a summer home for Richard John Uniacke, a Nova Scotian Attorney-General, the estate was prominently located along the stage coach route from Halifax to Windsor, a testimony to Uniacke’s wealth and personal achievement.

    The family summered in the area as early as the 1790s, probably staying in a farmhouse on the original land grant. Construction of the new house and out-buildings began in 1813 and was completed three years later. Although he maintained a house in Halifax, Uniacke would spend most of his time living in semi-retirement at the estate until his death in 1830.
    Nostalgic for his native Ireland, he modeled his property after the Irish country estates, or working farms, he had known as a child. His estate included a large family home, a number of barns, a coach house, guest house, wash house, baths, privy, hot house, caretaker's house and an ice house.
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    May 13/11
    Thu, May 19th, 2011
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    This location's validation is current. It was last validated by Mike Dijital on 9/30/2014 9:18 PM.

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  • on Sep 30 14 at 21:18, Mike Dijital validated this location
  • on Jun 30 14 at 7:43, Steed conditionally validated this location
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  • on May 20 11 at 6:42, Steed conditionally validated this location
  • on May 20 11 at 0:32, nootz made this location available
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