on 2 February 1748, at the request of Captain Winslow, after the colony received the news of Admiral Edward Hawke's success Second Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747), in October 1747. Notable people Joseph Broussard, also known as "Beausoleil", an Acadian leader who fought a guerilla war against the British during the Expulsion of the Acadians, born in 1702 in Port Royal Sir William Williams, 1st Baronet, of Kars, born at Annapolis Royal Sir William Winniett, abolitionist, British Governor Noel Doiron, born at Port Royal Rose Fortune, first female police officer in Canada Daurene Lewis, first black woman mayor in Canada, recipient of Order of Canada Thomas Peters (revolutionary) Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna John Bradstreet, British officer who fought in King George's War and Seven Years' War William Johnstone Ritchie Robert Knox Sneden, American Civil War veteran Erasmus James Philipps, Battle of Grand Pre John William Ritchie, Father of Confederation Climate Economy Historic places Tourism is a significant part of the economy of Annapolis Royal. Fort Anne, contained within the boundaries of the town, was initially designated a National Historic Park in 1917 and then a National Historic Site in 1920. The French fort was renamed Fort Anne and established as a British garrison. The fort, built originally around 1703, was designed to defend the capital of Acadia/ Nova Scotia from seaward attack. Today, much of the original earthen embankments may be visited, as well as some buildings original to the military facility and the Garrison Cemetery. This is the oldest formal cemetery in Canada, dating back to the French and later the British. The oldest English gravestone in Canada is among the graves, that of Bathiah Douglas who was buried in 1720. (Rose Fortune, a Black Loyalist and the first female police officer in what is now Canada is buried here.) In addition to the town's historic district and Fort Anne, the Annapolis County Court House, the site of Charles Fort, and the Sinclair Inn/Farmer's Hotel are also each individually designated as National Historic Sites. The trains of the Dominion Atlantic Railway, running from Halifax to Yarmouth, were suddenly shut down in 1990 and the track removed, bringing much industrial commerce within the confines of Nova Scotia's smallest town to a halt. Today, after many years of neglect, the old brick railway station has been privately renovated into professional office space. The fleet of scallop boats using the Annapolis Basin as