Here We Began - Halifax, NS
N 44° 38.962 W 063° 34.298
20T E 454672 N 4944159
This blue plaque is located under the HMC Dockyard Clock out front of the ferry terminal at the Halifax harbour.
Waymark Code: WMR3N7
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Date Posted: 05/08/2016
Views: 10
Plaque text:
HERE WE BEGAN
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 Halifax's existence.
Look to port (left), to container piers; the Canadian Immigration Heritage Centre at Pier 21, where close to a million immigrants, refugees, war brides and children began their lives in Canada, and almost half-a-million Canaiain troops departed for World War II and, when spared, returned; the cruise ship pavilion, Tall Ships quay and waterfront boardwalk; the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic; historic George's Island fortifications, and dynamic Dartmouth across the harbour.
Look to starboard (right), to the Law Courts; Canada's East Coast Navy ships and headquarters; Halifax Shipyards; the location, between the two bridges, of the devastating harbour Explosion of December 6 1917, the most violent man-made explosion before the atomic bomb; more container piers, and Bedford Basin, where convoys assembled in two world wars to carry personnel and materiel from the New World to redress the imbalances of the Ols.
Blue Plaque managing agency: The Haifax Foundation and the Halifax Regional Municipality Millennium Committee
Individual Recognized: Immigrants to Canada
Physical Address:
5075 George St
Halifax, NS Canada
B3J 1S5
Web Address: Not listed
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