Location of prominent historical characters at the ground breaking ceremony


General location of the official ground breaking ceremony, July 25th, 1826. Looking south from the walking bridge you are viewing the general location of the official ground breaking ceremony. In a very formal manner, Lord Dalhouse, Governor General of British North America and Sir James Kempt, Lt. Governor of Nova Scotia, broke the first ground for the Shubenacadie Canal.


The ceremony was attended by the Hon. Michael Wallace, President of the Canal Company and one of the province most important officials, along with officers of the militia and the navy, the Masonic Lodge, a regimental band and a number of citizens of Dartmouth and Halifax.


Two lines of Canal labourers flanked the proceedings. As the official party concluded and moved away, the Irish labourers stepped forward and began to dig.

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