Halifax

Halifax Travel Wiki

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Travel to Halifax

Halifax is your staging point for exploring the Atlantic coast of Canada. Located on a series of almost 4,000 coastal islands, there are numerous kilometers of coastline to explore. Find a spot of rugged beach to enjoy, watch the waves come in, and you’ll have the foundations of a peaceful afternoon.

Several museums in Halifax work to highlight the local culture of the city and Nova Scotia. The Canadian Museum of Immigration, found at Pier 21, was a prominent entry point in the early 20^th century and offers several exhibitions that tell the story of those who came to make a better life in Canada.

The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic features a large exhibit about the Titanic. The 200-foot CSS Acadia is on display as well. During the summer months, the HMCS Sackville serves as a museum ship as well.

When you make your way to the downtown district, you’ll find a 3-kilometer boardwalk awaiting your arrival. You can take the boardwalk to the various ferries that serve the city, visit the local casino, or enjoy the live music performances as you tour through the small shops, diners, and restaurants that populate the district.

Numerous historic sites, such as Citadel Hill and Peggy’s Cove, sit just outside the city and await your visit. At Peggy’s Cove and you’ll see a beautiful lighthouse, rustic shoreline, and an endless horizon to enjoy, along with the Carpenter Gothic St. John’s Anglican Church.

Halifax offers small music venues, a vibrant nightlife, and an opportunity to explore. It is a wonderful introduction to what Canada can provide for your next holiday.

Best of Halifax

The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic

Houses the largest collection of wooden Titanic artifacts in the world in their permanent exhibit, Titanic: The unsinkable ship and Halifax, which opened in 1998. One of the centerpieces of the collection is a wooden deck chair, one of the only intact ones in the world known to match those in photos of the ship.  A grandchild of Reverend Henry W. Cunningham gave the chair to the museum. Reverend Cunningham received the chair in recognition for his services in conducting many of the sea burials for Titanic victims. One of the most moving items on display is the log of wireless operator Robert Hunston, from Cape Race, Newfoundland.  It is a condensed log of all the distress calls from the ocean liner the night it sank.  Reading the log brings home the reality of the disaster and the amazingly short time in which it occurred. Website

Background information: 

After the Titanic sank, the White Star Line chartered four ships from Canada to search for survivors.  Two of them, the MacKay-Bennett and the Minia, were from Halifax. Of the 328 bodies recovered from the disaster site, 119 were so badly damaged or deteriorated they were buried at sea.  The remaining 209 were brought to Halifax for identification, where possible.  150 of those people were buried in one of three Halifax cemeteries, based on religion (Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish), giving Halifax one of the largest concentrations of Titanic passenger burials in the world.

Travel and vacation in Halifax, Canada

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