 Fort Amherst was designated one of the National Historic Sites of Canada in 1951.In May 1848, son Edward Langdon Oke (1825–1862), replaced Oke as head keeper at Harbour Grace Island due to Oke's ill health at that time.Edward, was also a harbor pilot, and became a local legend in 1859 as the winning coxwain in the whaleboat race that inspired the annual regatta in Harbour Grace.