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The North End Halifax neighbourhood of Richmond bore the brunt of the explosion. [106] In 1917, Richmond was considered a working-class neighbourhood and had few paved roads. After the explosion, the Halifax Relief Commission approached the reconstruction of Richmond as an opportunity to improve and modernize the city's North End.
The war was also marked by a massive explosion of the Navy's Bedford ammunition magazine which accidentally blew up on July 18, 1945 causing the evacuation of the north end of Halifax and Dartmouth and fears of another Halifax Explosion.
A wildfire on Canada’s Atlantic coast has damaged about 200 houses and other structures and prompted the evacuation of 16,000 people, many of whom were eager to return Tuesday to see whether ...
The North End has long been seen as a center of commerce, education, entertainment, and religion among African Nova Scotians. However, uncontrolled gentrification of the North End has changed the area's demographics considerably. [17] [16] [18] In recent years, the North End has become a popular destination for Halifax's growing university ...
Evacuation orders were issued to around 1,000 residents of Porters Lake, Nova Scotia, on May 23 due to wildfire, officials said.The fire was estimated to be 40 hectares in size but was growing ...
Halifax originated as a British fortification in 1749, followed by Dartmouth in 1750 and Sackville in 1751. The Halifax Fire Service is the oldest fire department in Canada (1754). It was first known as the Union Fire Club and then became the Union Engine Company (1768). [ 1 ]
The Halifax Relief Commission was created to take over relief and rehabilitation work, as well as the reconstruction of the city. In 1965 the Relief Commission donated $100,000 to assist construction of library branch in the North End of Halifax which would serve as a memorial to those killed in the disaster. [1] The library was built in 1966.
Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres Monument, St. George's Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Given St. George's location in Halifax's North End neighbourhood so close to point zero of the Halifax Explosion, damages were far less extensive than might be expected. A large part of this may be due to being sheltered by St. Patrick's Catholic Church ...