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Nova Scotia and the maritime playground
... sort of “Newfie potato disease”. The 6 hour crossing resulted in an 11 hour journey as the captain was unable to dock the large ship in the 50 knot winds. We sat on anchor in the harbour until more favourable conditions presented themselves and docked around noon. We made some quick changes to our plans and headed towards the Fortress of Louisbourg.
Louisbourg was once the most important French settlement and fortification in the new world. ...
More History, More Connections Made
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, the gateway to millions of immigrants from Europe including Sharon’s family. Pier 1 was the entryway and many got on a train from here and went to their new homes all over Canada. Her father, Marion, was just a little 4 year old boy when he arrived here in 1929 from Poland along with his little sister Anne, and his mother. They came across the Atlantic on the Albertic A. His father had come in 1928 to find a new home for his young family, he settled ...
Halifax - Our Last Day
... the Citadel, we walked around the Public Garden, which was more like a park than a horticultural garden, but it was peaceful and pretty with a number of fountains and ponds.
We then went to the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, which houses a large exhibit on the Titanic and on the Halifax Explosion. Halifax was the port from which the Titanic rescue and recovery ships sailed, and ...
Last stop in Canada. Halifax!
... headstones are really old.
We went through the immigration museum at Pier 21 which tells the story of immigration to Canada from the turn of the 20th century until the early 1970's. One million immigrants came through Pier 21 while it was in operation and it was also used as the departure point for Canadian soldiers during WWII. Those soldiers lucky enough to return to Canada came through Pier 21 on the way ...
Polite, Eh?
Outer limits of Halifax, eyeshot of the Atlantic
Canada: A land of very polite people. Canada: where drivers stop if a pedestrian *looks* like they might cross the street. Canada: free healthcare, and a 15% tax on everything.
Now, the extreme courtesy may not be true of everywhere in Canada, but it's the rule here in Halifax. In Nova Scotia, it seems people get it. People are what life is about. Not the time, not ego, not ...


