title: Port Medway, Nova Scotia
text: # 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)
  
  ## History
  
  Was early settled by United Empire Loyalists via Land Petitions/Memorials in the 1780s per N.S. Archives
  
  Because of its deep harbor, the town originally housed a significant wooden shipbuilding industry owned by the Wylde family. At its most prosperous, over 5,000 inhabitants lived and worked there. When the industry disappeared the population dwindled to a few hundred residents.
  
  After the historic lighthouse was decommissioned, it was purchased by Queens County and restored in 2002.
  
  More details on Port-Medway.
  
  Nova Scotia Archives Letson Album, Port Medway
  
  