Arriving at Halifax

The Halifax cruise terminal is at Piers 20 and 22, the traditional ocean liner piers. Pier 21, in the center, is used today as the Canadian Immigration Museum. IMG_0082

Halifax, Nova Scotia

August 21st 2019
Returning from Peggy's Cove, we had a driving tour of Halifax. The Halifax Citadel has overlooked the city since 1749. The present concrete star fort, a National Historic Site of Canada, was built In 1828-1856. Halifax has been associated with a number of disasters. The recovery of bodies from the Titanic in 1912 was staged from here. Those individuals who could not be identified were buried in Fa ... read more

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