A Day in Halifax (100km)

Early in the morning we leave the campground to go to Halifax. The adventure starts: a parking lot needs to be found for a 32ft (10m) bus.

None of the parkings near the Wharf fits, our final try near downtown is the Citadel on a hill. The parking guard is a very friendly guy who not only allows to put the motorhome on a bus parking lot, but also to stay there as long as we need to see downtown. And its free :)

Of cause we then visit the Citadel where we come at the right time for the change of the guard.

From Wikipedia:
Fort George (named after King George II of Great Britain) is the fortified summit of Citadel Hill, a National Historic Site of Canada in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. First established in 1749, during Father Le Loutre's War to protect the protestant settlers against raids by the French, Acadians, and Wabanaki Confederacy (primarily the Mi'kmaq), it was successively rebuilt to defend the town from various enemies.

A series of four different defensive fortifications have occupied the summit of Citadel Hill since this time, with the construction and levelling resulting in the summit of the hill being dropped by ten to twelve metres. Whilst never attacked, the Citadel was long the keystone to the defence of the strategically important Halifax Harbour and its Royal Navy Dockyard.


Today the fort is operated by Parks Canada and is restored to the Victorian period. There are re-enactors of the famed 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot and the 78th Highlanders (Halifax Citadel) Pipe Band who were stationed at Halifax for almost three years (1869-1871).

We walk around the Citadel and enjoy the sunny day. The kids climb the canons.


On our walk to the city, we pass by the 1803 Old Town Clock Tower.

And the kids leave their Citadel admittance stickers on a sign post...as many others did before.

A view on downtown Halifax from the Wharf



We visit the Maritime Museum and the 1940th HMCS Sackville (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Sackville_(K181)) which was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later served as a civilian research vessel. She is now a museum ship located in Halifax, Nova Scotia and the last surviving Flower-class corvette.

The 1913 built CSS Acadia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS_Acadia) was unfortunately closed for public access today.

After a lot of walking, the kids are hungry and we have a nice lunch at Murphy's Restaurant.


Tatjana and I enjoy a big seafood platter.

While eating, the kids observe the boat traffic with some funny traffic like a cartoon boat and a floating bus.



Then it is time to leave and head south along the Nova Scotia coast.



We come along some pictoresque fishermens villages where there is obviously a lot of lobster fishing.


Finally on our campground in Glen Margaret near Peggy's Grove the kids can enjoy an icecream. Tomorrow we will visit the Peggy Point lighthouse...

(c) Dirk Frantzen 2013 — published via iPad

Position:Halifax, Nova Scotia

Position:Glen Margaret, Nova Scotia