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Ferry Terminal Park is the park space along the waterfront adjacent to the Dartmouth Ferry Terminal. In it resides the World Peace Pavilion, opened during the 1995 Halifax G7 Economic Summit. Conceived by Metro Youth for Global Unity, this structure contains stones and bricks donated by more than 70 countries, lying on a bed of Nova Scotian sand.
Dartmouth (/ ˈ d ɑːr t m ə θ / DART-məth) (Scottish-Gaelic: Baile nan Loch) is a built-up community of Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. Located on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour , Dartmouth has 101,343 residents as of 2024 .
Under construction. Once finished, will be the tallest building in the community and former city of Dartmouth. 10= Assumption Place: Moncton: 80.8 m (265 ft) 20: 1972: Tied with Brunswick Square in Saint John for the tallest building in New Brunswick. [12] 10= Brunswick Square office tower: Saint John: 80.8 m (265 ft) 19: 1976
A house reflective of the Palladian-inspired residences common during the late 18th and early 19th centuries in Eastern Canada; notable residents include John Black, James Boyle Uniacke and Hibbert Binney: 1819 St. Mary's Basilica, Halifax: 1531 Spring Garden Road Central role in the religious history of Nova Scotia. 1820–29 Henry House
Prior to European colonization, the region around Dartmouth was inhabited the indigenous Mi'kmaq people, who had occupied the area for roughly a millennia.The Mi'kmaq called the area Ponamogoatitjg [2] (Boonamoogwaddy), which has been varyingly translated as "Tomcod Ground" or "Salmon Place" in reference to the fish which were presumably caught in this part of Halifax Harbour.
In 1864 Starr manufacturing of Dartmouth, located less than a kilometer from Lake Banook, began producing the world's first modern iceskates. Starr skates, first used on the lakes of Dartmouth including Lake Banook, later became a popular choice for elite ice hockey players, being worn by 6 out of 7 members of the 1902 Stanley Cup Champions ...
Portland Hills is a subdivision in Dartmouth Nova Scotia that is part of the Halifax Regional Municipality. It is located east of Morris Lake and Portland Estates . It formed in 2001-2008 as an extension of the community of Portland Estates along Portland Street ( Route 207 ).
John Veale was educated at Repton and studied modern history at Corpus Christi College, Oxford (his father's old college). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Discovering Sibelius and Shostakovich , and receiving encouragement from William Walton , Sir Hugh Allen and Humphrey Searle , he decided to become a composer, taking some lessons from Egon Wellesz .