1917 Halifax Explosion Gravesite and Memorial - Halifax, NS
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member jiggs11
N 44° 39.519 W 063° 37.306
20T E 450705 N 4945219
Marker indicating the burial spot of unidentified victims of the Halifax Explosion of 1917.
Waymark Code: WMPNPN
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Date Posted: 09/27/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member cldisme
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Marker indicates the final resting place on the unknown dead of the Halifax Explosion of 1917.

Marker is located near the southern boundary of Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, not far from the gravesites of the Titanic.

On the morning of 6 December 1917. SS Mont-Blanc, a French cargo ship fully loaded with wartime explosives, collided with the Norwegian vessel SS Imo in the Narrows, a strait connecting the upper Halifax Harbour to Bedford Basin. The resulting explosion caused more than 2,000 fatalities and over 9,000 injuries. The city was reduced to ashes and rubble.
Disaster Date: 12/06/1917

Memorial Sponsors: City of Halifax

Disaster Type: Technological

Relevant Website: [Web Link]

Date of dedication: Not listed

Parking Coordinates: Not Listed

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