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The population of Halifax/Dartmouth had increased to between 60,000 and 65,000 people by 1917. [17] Convoys carried men, animals, and supplies to the European theatre of war . The two main points of departure were in Nova Scotia at Sydney , on Cape Breton Island , and Halifax. [ 18 ]
Map of Halifax Harbour. ... In 1917, it was the site of ... Bedford Basin: A sheltered bay and the largest part of the harbour. Islands
1917-20 Musquodoboit Harbour Railway Station 7895 Highway 7, Musquodoboit Harbour Built by Canadian National Railway; excellent example of 20th-century railway station design; now a museum 1918 Halifax Relief Commission Building 5555 Young Street 2.5-storey Tudor style building housed agency providing relief to victims of 1917 Halifax Explosion ...
The community of Halifax, Nova Scotia was created on 1 April 1996, when the City of Dartmouth, the City of Halifax, the Town of Bedford, and the County of Halifax amalgamated and formed the Halifax Regional Municipality. The former City of Halifax was dissolved, and transformed into the Community of Halifax within the municipality.
Royal Naval Dockyard, Halifax was a Royal Navy base in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Established in 1759, the Halifax Yard served as the headquarters for the Royal Navy's North American Station for sixty years, starting with the Seven Years' War. The Royal Navy continued to operate the station until it was closed in 1905.
Map of Nova Scotia and the ... was the Regiment's headquarters to prevent a possible American land assault on Halifax from the Bay ... 1917, the city of Halifax was ...
Richmond was a Canadian urban community occupying the northern extremity of the peninsular City of Halifax. (Now part of the Halifax Regional Municipality.) It was the epicentre of the Halifax Explosion of 6 December 1917, the worst disaster in Canadian history, in which as many as 2000 people died and thousands more were injured. From the ...
SS Mont-Blanc was a cargo steamship that was built in Middlesbrough, England, in 1899 for a French shipping company. [1] On Thursday morning, December 6, 1917, she entered Halifax Harbour in Nova Scotia, Canada, laden with a full cargo of highly volatile explosives.