- 2026-10-08Site secured to the Crown in February 1759. The First Royal Dockyard in (present) British North America. Here Captain James…
- 2026-10-08The federal government built this impressive drill hall between 1895 and 1899 as part of the reform and expansion of…
- 2026-10-08On December 6, 1917, the explosives-laden SS Mont-Blanc and SS Imo collided in Halifax Harbour, causing a massive explosion, a…
- 2026-10-08Opened to the public in 1875, these grounds limited the 1837 Horticultural Society gardens with an adjacent civic garden created…
- 2026-10-08From the founding of Halifax in 1749 until the early twentieth century, this portion of the waterfront was associated with…
- 2026-10-08During the Second World War the Royal Canadian Navy and the Royal Canadian Air Force protected shipping on vital North…
- 2026-10-08A frequent visitor to this region and a devoted student of its history, Harriette Taber Richardson of Cambridge, Massachusetts, conceived…
- 2026-10-08Pioneering folklorist Helen Creighton amassed one of Canada’s largest collections of songs, tales, customs, and material culture between 1928 and…
- 2026-10-08For more than thirty years, activist, reformer and philanthropist Edith Archibald championed the right of women to vote in Nova…
- 2026-10-08Born in Amherst, Chandler was called to the New Brunswick bar in 1823. He represented Westmorland in the legislature (1827-36),…