Fort George, also known as "The Citadel," was built between 1828 and 1856 in the shape of a star. Its position on a hill overlooking the Halifax harbor gives it panoramic views over the peninsula, strategically useful for a major naval base of the British Empire. Inside the walls are a musketry gallery, quarters for the troops, guard and school rooms and a powder magazine. From 1869 until 1871 Fort George was home to the 78th Highland Regiment who made an impression culturally and visually on the local inhabitants, arriving on the troopship "Crocodile", wearing green kilts, scarlet doublets, feather bonnets and bearing muskets. The regiment participated fully in the local social life and returned to the U.K. with seventeen extra passengers, wives from the local population. This is a memorial to those who served in the British forces during that time.
Citadel Hill (Fort George)
Rainnie Drive,
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
The Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Park is a monument to the life of one of Canada's great inventors. Many know him as the inventor of the telephone, but few understand the scope of his interests, such as building the fastest boat in the world, improving photographic techniques and designing huge kites and other experimental aircraft. At the museum situated on Cape Breton, Nova Scotia multimedia presentations reveal Bell's life and genius. The Bell National Historic Park overlooks the bay at Baddeck and the Bras D'Or Lake.
Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Park
559 Chebucto Street, Baddeck
Nova Scotia, Canada B0E LB0
A monument to the town's soldiers who fought on the side of the Allies in 1915 in Ypres, France during World War One sits in front of the Town Hall, Lunenburg. It features names of the fallen troops and an inscription of the famous poem, "In Flanders Fields," by Canadian military doctor Major John McCrae. The old town area of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1995 because it's well preserved wooden buildings are the best example of colonial settlements in North America.
Lunenburg
Lunenburg County,
Nova Scotia, Canada
