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On my morning photowalk, I explored some of the downtown, but also their wonderful wonderful waterfront. It's quite extensive, and I wasn't able to explore the entirety of it. Oddly, even though there are many world-class attractions there, I was QUITE taken by the little village of sea cans that were converted to shops.
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Halifax Nova Scotia sunset.
Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia is a mid-sized community on the Eastern Shore. It is a part of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, and lies along the Atlantic Ocean, at the eastern side of the mouth of Halifax Harbour. Historically, fishing was the main source of income for the community, but now most of its inhabitants commute to Downtown Halifax or Dartmouth , or work in the community at typical jobs.
The town clock in between commercial establishments to your left and the Halifax Convention Centre to the right.
The idea of a clock for the British Army and Royal Navy garrison at Halifax is credited to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, who arranged for a turret clock to be manufactured before his return to England in 1800. It is said that Prince Edward, then commander-in-chief of all military forces in British North America, wished to resolve the tardiness of the local garrison. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Town_Clock
Halifax
The harbour is largely formed by a drowned glacial valley which succumbed to sea level rise since glaciation. The Sackville River now empties into the upper end of the harbour in Bedford Basin*, anglisized as Chebucto. It runs in a northwest-southeast direction.
Based on average vessel speeds*, Canada, Halifax Harbour is a large natural harbour on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, however its original river bed has been charted by the Canadian Hydrographic Service throughout the length of the harbour and beyond.*, it is the first inbound and last outbound port of call in eastern North America with transcontinental rail connections.
Halifax Harbour from the air looking South. Bedford is seen in the foreground*, located in the Halifax Regional Municipality.*, located in the Halifax Regional Municipality.The harbour is called Jipugtug by the Mi'kmaq first nation*, the Halifax Peninsula on the right*, the harbour is strategically located approximately one hour's sailing time north of the Great Circle Route between the Eastern Seaboard and Europe. As such*
Halifax Nova Scotia's old sector is filled with great wooden buildings with clean, simple lines.... This building is part of the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.
Out here, kilts are not something most people see every day, and so when I noticed there were Flickr groups about kilts, I took a few snaps to be able to contribute to them.
Rewind to 2010 and Halifax Joint Committee were still in operation using a number of former London MCW Metrobuses.
KYO624X was number 24 in the fleet and was the last to receive a full repaint into fleet livery. It was also fitted with an LED display.
It was captured here on 20/10/10.
spring weather is here and the garden gates are open for the first time this year :) the gates were made by the saracen foundry in scotland in 1890.
37402 "Stephen Middlemore 23.12.1954 - 8.6.2013" and saloon "Caroline" pass through Halifax station forming 2Z02 09:19 York Holgate to York. 18/7/2019. This was the only spot that I could think of to capture this very rare loco-hauled train through Halifax, as all the locations in the vicinity are totally vegged-up now. Also it's a good job the sun wasn't out, as I was totally against the light here and the shot would have been a write off.