Sailboat at Georges Island Lighthouse

Georges Island. Georges Island, in the middle of Halifax Harbour, contains the low profile Fort Charlotte (1750) and George Island Lighthouse (1917). National Historic Site of Canada. IMG_0113

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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