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[2] [3] Halifax merchant Joshua Mauger used the long beach which still bears his name as a base for a fishing operation in the 1750s and 1760s. [ 4 ] In the 1780s, the island was purchased by Peter McNab (d. 1799, buried at Old Burying Ground ), beginning a long settlement by generations of the McNab family on the island.
McCormick's Beach is located at Fisherman's Cove near the boardwalk. A salt water beach (Rainbow Haven Beach), is located towards the Cow Bay area of the community. A large serviced beach (MacDonald Beach) is located between Eastern Passage and Cole Harbour. There is also a smaller beach located down the road from MacDonald Beach.
The park was the site of several small farms during the early settlement of Halifax. A rock outcropping at Black Rock Beach was used to gibbet the bodies of executed criminal such as the pirate Edward Jordan in 1809. Cambridge Battery is situated back from the Point Pleasant and Northwest Arm batteries along the shore.
This article is a list of historic places in Halifax, Nova Scotia listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places, all of which are designated as historic places either locally, provincially, federally or by more than one level of government. References to municipalities in the chart are to communities located within Halifax.
The Summary. A report from the U.S. surgeon general suggested that labels on alcoholic drinks should warn about cancer risk. Doctors expressed their agreement.
Footpath entrance to Shroggs Park. On 22 November 1872, Colonel Edward Akroyd, a businessman, promised to construct a park in Halifax.During a committee meeting at the House of Commonsto he explained the work he had undertaken to prevent the land from being used for the planned Midland Railway.
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