Hello (again) Halifax! Both of us have been in Halifax before, but on business. Obligations on those visits kept the exploration to a minimum. Today we have more time.
Province House or the NS Legislature is celebrating its 200th year in 2019. It is the oldest of the Canadian legislative buildings. It would seem that function won out with this building. It has some lovely plaster work on the ceilings and fossils in the granite floor but definitely lacks the grandeur of some of the other provinces’ buildings. There are some massive portraits of the British Monarchy and early Canadian officials.
We learned that the original freedom of the press was argued and won at the Supreme Court in this building by Mr. Joseph Howe in 1835.
Our quest for “the pen” took on an interesting twist here, they found us pins, not pens and at last a pencil!
The Citadel sits atop the highest hill mid-Halifax and has been there since 1749. We huffed and puffed our way to the top where guides dressed in uniform offer tours and insights into the fort.
We walked back along the waterfront and what did we see? The Bluenose II. This is the 3rd time we’ve seen it on this trip (Belleville, Montreal, Halifax)!
Cross-Canada with the MAHARG's 