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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24X2_bridges-for-canada-ponts-pour-le-canada_Dartmouth-Nova-Scotia.html
In 2000, to commemorate a century of service, Canadian Military Engineers embarked on a three-year program of assisting communities along the Trans Canada Trail to construct and restore bridges. Thirty of these bridges are shown here.
For the las…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24WC_canadian-military-engineers-genie-militaire-canadien_Dartmouth-Nova-Scotia.html
Proudly serving Canada and their fellow citizens at home and abroad.
In a new and awesome land that was to become Canada, adventurous French and British military engineers surveyed the colossal, mapped the incredible and built the impossible.
Ou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24W9_vera-b-stone_Dartmouth-Nova-Scotia.html
An avid walker, trail enthusiast, leader, mentor and diligent worker, Vera B. Stone defines the Trans Canada Trail movement in Nova Scotia. As a founding member and a longstanding Chair for the Trans Canada Trail Committee of the Nova Scotia Trail…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24W8_wild-about-roses-la-vie-en-rose_Dartmouth-Nova-Scotia.html
Wild roses add beauty and colour to roadsides, open woods, prairies, and rocky places all across Canada. They may have pink or white flowers, be with or without thorns, and stand as high as 2.5 metres. Wild roses are considered a weed in many agri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24W4_the-dockyard-clock-l-horloge-de-l-arsenal_Halifax-Nova-Scotia.html
The Naval Dockyard Clock was fabricated in London, England in 1767 by Ayneth Thwaites. It has kept time in peace and war for generations of sailors and dockyard civilian workers from 1772 to 1993. The Dockyard Clock is the last remaining architect…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24VG_here-we-began_Halifax-Nova-Scotia.html
Just inland from this place, Chebucto Landing, 2,576 first permanent settlers of Halifax came ashore from thirteen small ships in June 1749. Here, you are at the shore of one of the great natural harbours of the world, the focus of Halifax's exist…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24TK_celtic-cross_Halifax-Nova-Scotia.html
Dedicated to the original Irish
settlers of 1749 and to the
contributions of the Irish
community to Halifax, to
Nova Scotia and to Canada
Tíolactha do na hÉireannaigh a
bhain fúthu í Halifax sa bhliain
1749 is mar aitheantas da
ndear…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24TJ_the-mitchell-house_Halifax-Nova-Scotia.html
City of Halifax
Registered Heritage Property
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24TB_how-dartmouth-has-grown_Dartmouth-Nova-Scotia.html
In August 1750, the 504 ton ship Alderney arrived after a month's sail from England with 353 settlers, who made their first landing near the sawmill site. They laid out 184 building lots, 50 feet by 100, and named the settlement after the Earl of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24TA_starboard-propeller-of-ccgs-john-a-macdonald_Dartmouth-Nova-Scotia.html
This is the starboard propeller of the Canadian coastguard [sic - Coast Guard] Icebreaker, John A. MacDonald [sic - Macdonald]. The propeller was damaged while the John A. MacDonald was assisting the 115,000 ton oil tanker, SS Manhattan, in her hi…