Halifax & Peggy's Cove - 5 hours - $200
Equivalent cost per person:
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2 Passengers |
3 Passengers |
4 Passengers |
5 Passengers |
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$200/person |
$100/person |
$66.67/person |
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$40/person |
$33.33/person |
Halifax :
- Pier 21 Museum : an immigration facility from 1928 to 1971 in which one million immigrants went through and 500,000 Canadian military personnel departed from during World War II.
- Westin Hotel : built circa 1930, has 297 rooms and is the largest of the older hotels in Halifax.
- George Wright House : formerly owned by George Wright who died during the RMS Titanic tragedy in 1912.
- Point Pleasant Park : a 75 hectare/186 acre park created in 1866. The park has five fortifications that were used up to and including World War II.
- Point Pleasant Park Superintendent's Lodge : built in 1897 as a replica of a gate house of the estate of a former British Prime Minister.
- Saint Mary's University : 8000 students.
- Dalhousie University : 15500 students.
- Lord Nelson Hotel : built in 1928 and has 244 rooms.
- Public Gardens : a 7 hectare/17 acre Victorian style garden started in 1837.
- University of Kings College : established in 1789, has 1000 students and is the third oldest university in Canada.
- Horseshoe Park : a picturesque shore small park.
- Armdale Yacht Club : one of five in the Metro area.
- Fairview Lawn Cemetary : RMS Titanic victims graves..
- Hydrostone Neighbourhood : a neighbourhood rebuilt after the Halifax Explosion disaster of 1917 which is the greatest accidental human created explosion in history.
- Halifax Explosion Carillon : a memorial to the victims of the Halifax Explosion.
- Metro Centre : 10000 seat arena.
- Halifax Citadel : a National Historic Site. A military fortification built between 1828 and 1856 and dominates the Halifax downtown.
- Halifax Common : a park of open green space that was created in 1760 and has 30 hectares/70 acres.
- Halifax Downtown : much of the downtown area was layed-out in 1749..
- St. Paul's Church : is the oldest existing building in Halifax and was built in 1750.
- City Hall : built in 1889.
- Granville Mall : a pedestrian plaza constructed after a major fire in 1859 in a Victorian-Italianate style.
- Province House : houses the Nova Scotia Legislature and was built between 1811 and 1818.
- Halifax-Dartmouth Ferry : started in 1752 and is the oldest continually operating salt water ferry in Canada and the USA.
- Naval Clock : the clock was built in 1767 in London and originally was located in the Halifax Naval Dockyard from 1772 to 1993.
Peggy's Cove :
At the entrance to St. Margaret's Bay is the village of Peggy's Cove. It is a working fishery village, a famous tourist attraction, and one of the most photographed locations in Canada.
At Peggy's Point there has been a lighthouse since 1868, the present lighthouse was built in 1915 and has Canada's only post office in a lighthouse.
A famous resident of Peggy's Cove was William de Garthe, an artist and sculptor. He created a 30m/100' carving in the granite out-crop in his yard that took ten years and depicts the fishery and the legendary Peggy-of-the-Cove.
Nearby is a memorial to the deaths from an airline tragedy in 1998 in which all 229 passengers and crew died.
East Dover :
A great viewpoint of coastal Nova Scotia. |
