ecss mom Wrote:Halifax... Hmmmmm. The Citidal is the place to go to view the harbour(Halifax Harbor) . I believe there is a museum up there as well. Down on the docks are some very nice restaurants where they can get fresh fish that comes in off the boats daily. Of course no trip to Halifax is complete without going to Peggy's Cove- a mecca for artists. There is a huge monument there carved like an enormous bas-relief of the fishermen and villagers of Peggy's Cove that was sculpted by William de Garth who lived there. It's also an area noted for the giant boulders and outcroppings that were left by the ice age some 20,000 years ago. When the glacier receded it took the topsoil and exposed the 415 million year old Devonian granite that one sees now....some of them are still in odd positions "balanced" if you will, one on top of another. Tell them not to go near the rocks by the shore if there is a storm. I can't tell you how many people have been dragged away by the many rogue waves they get there. I'm pretty sure there's a museum there also.There are lots of interesting coves there....Terrance Bay is another one. The place I lived in is called Hatchet Lake and there is still a lake there that (name redacted) and I swam across when we were 11 or 12. 5 of us started out and only two of us made it. Thank heavens we were sensible enough to have someone in a dingy that rowed across because three others got severe cramps. The lake is spring fed and is always very very cold! They would have to pass by it if they go on Prospect Road which leads to Peggy's Cove. It makes a big loop from Halifax.
They can certainly look on line for other things to see in Halifax. It's quite a large city and has a lot of historical events. Your great uncle used to run a tugboat in the harbour. He was quite wealthy I guess, because he belonged to the Halifax yacht club also. My mom used to row in skiffs across the harbour. Whether she raced or not , I don't know.
Well, I waited until this morning to send this in case I thought of something else. I really can't....it's been so long since we've been there. Dad remembered a tower that we went to in Halifax . It's called The Dingle, and has some historical significance but I don't remember what. That's about all I know. Certainly there are historical facts and events they can read from the internet. Hope this helps.

Quote: We don't seem to be that clever with place names, see Pubnico, West Pubnico, East Pubnico, Middle West Pubnico, Middle East Pubnico, Lower West Pubnico and of course Lower East Pubnico.

robkelk Wrote:I've booked a hotel room in Halifax (the hotel's about a block away from the Citadel), so now I have a start and end for my timetable. Check-in is after 3pm on July 6, check-out is before 1pm on the 16th. Yes, this means I'm driving in Quebec on July 4.

robkelk Wrote:I probably will stop at Steinhart (and I see from Google Maps that there's a picturesque lighthouse just up the road). Do they really not make rum? Even the craft distillers in eastern Ontario make rum, and we don't have a nautical tradition.