Volunteers

July 1st, Canada Day 2022. Canada's first administered National Historic Park in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia has been getting some help from local volunteers in recent years as they explore, document, and even help clean and restore stones at Garrison Graveyard at Fort Anne. There are 393 years of history on that spot and work by Parks Canada and Mapannapolis has been going on for a few years now.

“Sites like ours cannot accomplish our mandate without the help of volunteers,” said site manager Ted Dolan in a Canada Day ceremony honouring Mapannapolis volunteers for their many hundreds of hours of work. Dolan issued pins and certificates, including one to Denise Rice who has clocked more than 2,000 hours volunteering.

Mapannapolis’s Heather LeBlanc thanked Dolan for the recognition but pointed out the volunteer group couldn’t do the work without Parks Canada's and their staff's cooperation. "They welcomed us with open arms, we always feel welcome," she said.

For Mapannapolis’s work at Garrison Graveyard please visit: https://www.mapannapolis.ca/what-lies-beneath https://www.mapannapolis.ca/garrison-graveyard

Text and photos courtesy Parks Canada.

Volunteers: Denise Rice, Marcia Sanford, Wendy Rickards, and @Paul Lalonde