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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GZO_the-grand-derangement_Halifax-Nova-Scotia.html
This monument/marker is made up of four panels, two in English and two in French. Each language has a panel dealing with The Grand Dérangement and Georges Island. On top is a large, round medallion featuring a map showing Acadian deportatio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GZL_france-and-canada_Halifax-Nova-Scotia.html
France and Canada share a long history. Theirs is a story of enduring friendship.
It began 400 years ago, in Nova Scotia, the birthplace of Acadie, with the arrival of the first French settlers and of Samuel de Champlain at Port-Royal in 1605.
Hal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GZI_georges-island_Halifax-Nova-Scotia.html
English
The Island was first fortified when the British founded Halifax in 1749. During the period of the Acadian Deportation, 1755 to 1762, the island was sometimes a detention camp for Acadians prior to being shipped to other British colonies. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GZF_pier-21_Halifax-Nova-Scotia.html
English
When the Canadian immigration complex known as Pier 21 closed its doors in March of 1971, it marked the end of a more than forty-year saga of human hope, vision, courage and resilience. From its opening on the Halifax waterfront in 1928 to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GYY_there-was-once-a-very-special-ship_Halifax-Nova-Scotia.html
The ex-Admiralty ocean salvage tug FOUNDATION FRANKLIN sailed from the Foundation Maritime piers from the early 1930 to 1948 on rescue and salvage missions in all kinds of weather, in peace and war to assist ships in distress on the great Western …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GYX_canadian-sailors-monument_Halifax-Nova-Scotia.html
The sailor statue represents those valiant young Canadians who served in both war and peace is symbolic of the thousands of sailors who were instrumental in the victory at sea and a fitting acknowledgement to those who continue to maintain the peace.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GYW_norway_Halifax-Nova-Scotia.html
In memory of members of
the Norwegian Merchant Navy,
Royal Norwegian Navy
and Royal Norwegian Army
who were lost at sea or were buried
in Nova Scotia during the Second World War
We will remember them
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GYV_halifax-cable-wharf_Halifax-Nova-Scotia.html
The Cable Wharf was purpose built in 1913 by the Western Union Telegraph Company and measures 108 x 17 metres (355 x 54 feet). It is where the company cable ships, Minia, Lord Kelvin and Cyrus Field docked and underwent minor repairs. Also serving…