The Prince of Wales Tower stands on guard on the highest point of Point Pleasant Park in Halifax, Nova Scotia. This solid, thick-walled Martello tower is the first tower of its type ever built in North America, and is part of the Halifax Defence Complex.
The first tower of its type ever built in North America; the Prince of Wales Tower is part of the robust Halifax Defence Complex constructed, beginning in the 1790s, to protect British sea batteries from a French landward attack. This solid, thick walled Martello tower stands guard on the highest point of Point Pleasant Park. Today, interpretive panels portray the tower’s history, architectural features and significance as a defensive structure. Learn more
(4 km drive from downtown Halifax) – Take a stroll through the vast trails in Point Pleasant Park and discover North America’s first Martello Tower built in the 1790s – in fact, it was one of the earliest Martello Towers in the British Empire. This tower served to protect British sea batteries from French landward attacks. Today the tower and nearby military fortifications can be explored with interpretive panels describing the site’s rich maritime history.