Halifax Harbour is a large natural harbour on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, located in the Halifax Regional Municipality. Halifax largely...
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ship SS Mont-Blanc collided with the Norwegian vessel SS Imo in the harbour of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Mont-Blanc, laden with high explosives, caught...
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gas extraction. The Mi'kmaq name for Halifax is Kjipuktuk, pronounced "che-book-took". The name means "Great Harbour" in the Mi'kmaq language. The first...
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The Halifax-Dartmouth Bridge Commission, operating as Halifax Harbour Bridges, is a Nova Scotia Crown corporation created in 1950 by provincial statute...
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northeastern sky. Mersey radioed the rescue coordination centre and the harbour master in Halifax asking for an explanation and filed a report with the Lunenburg...
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Dartmouth—Cole Harbour (formerly Dartmouth and Dartmouth—Halifax East) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented...
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Harbor (redirect from Natural harbour)
harbors include Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia, Halifax Harbour in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and Trincomalee Harbour in Sri Lanka. Artificial...
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The Port of Halifax comprises various port facilities in Halifax Harbour in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It covers 10 km2 (3.9 sq mi) of land, and looks...
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Cole Harbour is a former village and current community located in Nova Scotia, Canada, that is part of the Halifax Regional Municipality. It is situated...
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Halifax Explosion was a disaster caused by munitions explosion in 1917 in Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia. Halifax Explosion may also refer to: Halifax Explosion...
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923 sq mi). The Halifax area has been territory of the Miꞌkmaq since time immemorial. Before contact they called the area around the Halifax Harbour Jipugtug...
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district Halifax Harbour, a saltwater harbour Halifax West, a federal electoral district since 1979 Halifax Parish, Prince Edward Island Halifax Range, a mountain...
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Peninsula, on Halifax Harbour. Along with Downtown Dartmouth, and other de facto central business districts within the Municipality (e.g. Cole Harbour, Lower...
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Hurricane Juan (redirect from The Major Hurricane of Halifax)
insurance claim. In Downtown Halifax, erosion-control boulders the size of garbage cans were hurled from Halifax Harbour onto boardwalks and parking lots...
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military properties situated around the strategic Halifax Harbour in Nova Scotia. HMC Dockyard Halifax was acquired by the Canadian government from the...
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Theodore Tugboat (category Television shows filmed in Halifax, Nova Scotia)
named Theodore who lives in the Big Harbour with all of his friends. The show originated (and is set) in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada as a co-production...
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Municipalities Destination Halifax Halifax Partnership Halifax Harbour Bridges Halifax International Airport Authority Board Halifax Port Authority Events...
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Citadel Hill (Fort George) (redirect from Halifax citadel)
the strategically important Halifax Harbour and its Royal Navy Dockyard. Today, Parks Canada operates the site as the Halifax Citadel National Historic...
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of Halifax Edward Cornwallis, who used the ferry service to move raw materials and people from a sawmill located on the Dartmouth side of the harbour. In...
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Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (category Communities in Halifax, Nova Scotia)
a built-up community of Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. Located on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour, Dartmouth has 72,139 residents...
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A. Murray MacKay Bridge (category Buildings and structures in Halifax, Nova Scotia)
linking the Halifax Peninsula with Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and opened on July 10, 1970. It is one of two suspension bridges crossing Halifax Harbour. Its counterpart...
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Angus L. Macdonald Bridge (category Buildings and structures in Halifax, Nova Scotia)
crossing Halifax Harbour in Nova Scotia, Canada; it opened on April 2, 1955. The bridge is one of two suspension bridges linking the Halifax Peninsula...
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SS Imo (category Halifax Explosion ships)
German-occupied Belgium. On 6 December 1917 she was involved in a collision in Halifax Harbour with the French cargo ship Mont-Blanc, which was carrying munitions...
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Harbour Solutions is a Canadian public infrastructure project in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The CAD $333 million project comprised the construction of three...
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natural harbour in the world by navigational area" (after Port Jackson, Sydney). Other contenders include Halifax Harbour in Canada, Trincomalee Harbour in...
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War I, the Halifax Graving Dock Company's facilities on the Halifax side of the harbour were badly damaged by the December 6, 1917 Halifax Explosion,...
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Denny Doherty (category Musicians from Halifax, Nova Scotia)
children's show chronicling the "lives" of vessels in a busy harbour loosely based upon Halifax Harbour. In 1999, he also played Charley McGinnis in 22 episodes...
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HFX Wanderers FC (redirect from Halifax Wanderers)
and Halifax Harbour. Underneath the club's name reads the Scottish Gaelic motto, Ar Cala, Ar Dachaigh, Ar n-Anam, which translates to Our Harbour, Our...
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SS Mont-Blanc (category History of Halifax, Nova Scotia)
shipping company. On Thursday morning, December 6, 1917, she entered Halifax Harbour in Nova Scotia, Canada laden with a full cargo of highly volatile explosives...
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Georges Island (Nova Scotia) (redirect from George's Island (Halifax))
and the largest island entirely within the harbour limits of Halifax Harbour located in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality. The Island is the location...
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