C.S.S. Acadia Halifax

... at the adjacent hotel for the airporter bus to take me to the airport. And can I just take this opportunity to say, Halifax drivers are crazy! Holy cow, it'll never cease to be amazed how these people can maneuver so quickly through such narrow streets. ...

... restaurants visited: Tug’s Pub - downtown on the harbour front - great sea food ?Log Cabin - good lunch (downtown Halifax) Fireside Pub - recommended by Gordon - I had delicious seafood crepes, Brian had so-so haddock Sightseeing destinations: The ...

... area with many attractions for locals and tourists – for example, the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, CSS Acadia (Canada’s first hydrographic vessel), HMCS Sackville (the convoy escort corvette has been restored as Canada’s naval ...

... while acting as a guard ship in Bedford Basin, making her the only vessel still afloat today to have survived the Halifax Explosion. Acadia was recommissioned as a warship in 1939 serving first as a patrol vessel and later as a training ship until the ...

I headed back downtown for another day of exploration.  Did I mention before that Halifax has the world's second biggest natural harbour?  And, it doesn't freeze over which is why it was a great spot for the British to establish ...