Halifax, Nova Soctia

Halifax was founded in 1749 as a British stronghold counterbalancing the French fort at Lousibourg on Nova Scotia's far eastern tip. (Tour book)

As the ship was tying up Scottish bag pipes welcomed us!
(My first attempt ever of taking a video so it isn't the best!)

In Halifax we took the horse-drawn trolley. We rode past the homes built in the early 1900s, including the old warehouse district, the harbor front, the Halifax Citadel Hills Fortress, and Founders Cemetery - the final resting place of 1821 British war heroes.

This church has an interesting story. A priest wanted to buy land to build a church. The Scottish protestants did not want to encourage the increase in Catholicism and told him no. The priest was persistent in his asking so he was finally told that if he found a place where he wanted the church and built the it in 24 hours they would give him the land and building. The priest put the word out that he needed help in building a pub but it had to be completed with in 24 hours. He promised all the free beer and rum they could drink. Built in less than 24 hours is the church you see in the above picture. It was built in the 1800's (if we remember right) in the center of town. Note the building of today in the back ground.

The Old Town Clock
Duke of Kent Prince Edward's preoccupation with time. He was assigned to Halifax as military commander at the end of the 18th century, and commissioned the four clock faces so that all of his troops could view the time throughout the day. The steadfast commander wanted to be certain no one had an excuse for tardiness!

We toured the nine-acre Victorian Public Gardens
These gates do not open. After they were installed it was discovered that the width was too large for them to open in. Solution: Two side gates for people to enter!

The gardens were beautiful. In early winter the caretakers dig up all the plants and put them in a green house and in early spring they replant them!

If we ever have a chance to go back I would visit Peggy's cove and take a walking tour of the fortress and see the changing of the guards.

Our time there was too short to do it all! Halifax is a mixture of old and new and is a college town.