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one kilometre away from the main fort at York
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cannon from the 1870s period. An open-air collection of unmounted cannon within the fort has several pieces of artillery of various periods, including a large 9.62-inch breech loader that had been mounted at the
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List of oldest buildings and structures in
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An anti-submarine net running between York
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1313:Dalem Lake
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1076:Kejimkujik
971:Fort McNab
886:Beaubassin
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412:13 October
363:References
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138:Designated
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1185:SS Acadia
956:Fort Anne
463:Provinces
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