Around Halifax

We discovered it was too complicated to get to Prince Edward Island in one day so had a pleasant day taking in Halifax. It started off foggy. This was the view from our room.

We wandered down to check out the train station that we need to get to tomorrow. 

We walked through the farmers market. Don had a great selection of apples to choose from. Don saw a woman wearing a Nation t-shirt so spoke to her and ended up agreeing to be in touch. I thought Anna would appreciate this sign.



We continued along the famed boardwalk. These statues are in memory of the women and children left at home during the war and the services they performed. Note the woman knitting socks!

We were lucky the sun came out but the temperature only reached 13C.






This is the town clock which is being renovated. As you can see the roads coming up from the harbour are quite steep.

This is another view from the hotel.



Next we visited the Citadel Hill National Historic Site. It is a star shaped fort on top of the highest hill. It was built between 1818 and 1861. This from the outside and you can see the chimney pots poking up the the earth on top of the fortified buildings.



This is the entrance well guarded !

This fort was never taken by the enemy. These are the cannons up high so as to able to shoot down into the harbour.



Guess who got around? In the museum we found this interesting fact tying Halifax to Australia.

Finally we went on a harbour cruise and got very cold.

Halifax is one of the largest deep water harbours and with Sydney harbour is the only deep water harbour that remains free of ice in winter. That’s why they were called to help when the Titanic went down. By the time they got there they could only rescue the dead so about 200 passengers and crew from the Titanic are buried in a number of the cemeteries in Halifax.




Halifax is the main container port for Northern America.