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Nova Scotia and the maritime playground
... the remains of this 18th century stronghold Parks Canada has rebuilt one quarter of this thriving center. In fact this reconstruction of the times and lives of this historical site remains the largest reconstruction of its kind in North America - cobblestone streets complete with costumed interpreters cleaning windows and going about life in the 18th century. After watching the closing firing of the cannon we headed into modernday Louisbourg to have a real ...
More History, More Connections Made
... Alberta and started farming. He then sent for his family the following year.
Now 1930 was the year that the Empress of Scotland brought Sharon's mom, Pauline’s, mother, father, 2 brothers and 1 sister to their new homeland. As luck would have it, her family also moved to northern Alberta to settle, farm and raise their family. Pauline was born here in Canada a year after they arrived.
At Pier 1 they have an immigration Research Centre ...
Halifax - Our Last Day
... the bodies recovered were buried in Halifax. The Halifax Explosion happened a few years after the Titanic when two ships collided in the bay – one of them was carrying munitions. It exploded, killing about 2,000 people on ships and the shore and leveling a large part of Halifax.
After the museum, we drove to a stereo store so David could look around, and after that, we ...
Last stop in Canada. Halifax!
... close to 50,000 of the 500,000 soldiers who went overseas in WWII brought back wives with them. They have a research area where you can look up information on people who immigrated to Canada before 1935 and came through Pier 21. I tried to find information on my family but came up mostly empty handed.
I finally managed to get my lobster on Monday for lunch and it was worth the wait! Pictures of the ...
Polite, Eh?
... He lives in the Hydrostone area of Halifax. Hydrostone is an area of spacious grey cinderblock houses. It was originally built after most of Halifax was destroyed in the early 1900’s when a ship carrying gun powder hit a ship carrying gun powder. Bad deal. Until Hiroshima, it was the largest man-made explosion. So, Hydrostone was built for emergency housing after the incident. These days, it is becoming gentrified and full of ...


