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'''Halifax''' is a [[Canada|Canadian]] city, the provincial capital and largest city of [[Nova Scotia]], and the economic centre of the [[Atlantic Provinces]]. As of [[1991]] the city contained 114,455 inhabitants, and in the late 1990s, all of [[Halifax County, Nova Scotia|Halifax County]] was amalgamated into the "Halifax Regional Municipality" or HRM, including neighbouring [[Dartmouth, Nova Scotia|Dartmouth]] and [[Sable Island]], 180km offshore. The population HRM exceeds 350,000. |
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People from Halifax are called Haligonians. |
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Halifax was founded in [[1749]] as a [[military]] outpost for the [[Great Britain|British]] with a handful of farming settlers. It has the second-largest natural [[harbour]] in the world, which is also well protected and ideal for a military base, [[Citadel Hill]]. |
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When the [[Titanic]] sank in [[1912]], the search effort was coordinated in Halifax and recovered bodies were brought here and buried in the [[Fairview Cemetery]]. (Following the 1997 movie, therefore, the residents had to put up with seveal years worth of Titanic-tourists, a tacky Titanic Shop downtown, and endless weepy movie fans leaving flowers on the grave of the engineer who was the movies main character. (Source: a sardonic Haligonian)) |
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Convoys of naval fleets would assemble in the [[Bedford Basin]] before heading out on duty. One particularly [[fog|foggy]] morning during [[World War I]] resulted in the worst man-made explosion prior to [[nuclear weapons]], the [[Halifax Explosion]]. An incoming ship laden with armaments struck an outgoing ship at the mouth of the harbour. Both caught fire and were abandoned, and minutes later the arms ship exploded, flattening a large portion of the city and killing hundreds. (Thousands? Find out exact numbers.) |
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Presently the city still serves a major military purpose, as home of the East Coast [[Canadian Navy]], and is Canada's largest naval base. The waterfront witnesses the brawny marine commerce of the North [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] Great Circle route along with Canada's East Coast Navy. |
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Halifax is home to five degree-granting [[post-secondary]] educational institutions: [[Dalhousie University]], [[Saint Mary's University]], The [[University of King's College]], [[Mount Saint Vincent University]] and The [[Nova Scotia College of Art and Design]]. The Former Technical University of Nova SCotia is now integrated with Dalhousie as Daltech. King's College shares Arts and Science Faculty with Dalhousie. |
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One of Halifax's first mayors, [[Alexander Keith]], was a brewer and produced [[Alexander Keith's India Pale Ale]]. Alexander Kieth's beer is, however, more noteworthy for its television commercials than for its taste. If you do visit Halifax, you would do well to sample the variety of locally brewed beers: Garrison's Brown and Red Ales, Propeller Extra Special Bitter, and the products of the various brewpubs including the Granite Brewery, the Rogue's Roost, and the (quite new) Olde Halifax Alehouse. |
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'''Some famous Haligonians:''' |
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*[[Oswald Avery]], physician and medical researcher |
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*[[Samuel Cunard]], steamship line founder |
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*[[Ruby Keeler]], dancer, actress |
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*[[Sarah McLachlan]], singer |
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*[[John F. Stairs]], businessman, statesman |
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*[[William Stairs|William Grant Stairs]], Victorian explorer |
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*[[John Sparrow David Thompson]], [[Prime Minister of Canada]] |
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*[[William Fenwick Williams]], military leader |
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''See also:'' [[Canada/Provinces and territories|Canadian provinces and territories]], [[Canada/cities|Canadian cities]], [[Stewiacke]] |
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==External Links== |
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*[http://welcome.to/gayhalifax/ GayHalifax Wiki] |
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*[http://www.region.halifax.ns.ca/ Halifax Regional Municipality] |
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