Prince Henry Sinclair Monument

Guysborough | Nova Scotia

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Prince Henry Sinclair, a Scottish and Norwegian nobleman, landed at Chedabucto Bay in 1398. he was one of the first Europeans to visit North America on a voyage pre-dating Columbus.

The monument was erected on the place in 1996. It is a fifteen-ton granite boulder with a black granite narrative plaque.

Photo: Dennis Jarvis from Halifax, Canada – DGJ_4449 – Prince Henry Sinclair Monument and Park Monument – Fact or Fiction Uploaded by Skeezix1000, CC BY-SA 2.0

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