Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
1916

Halifax, a city and seaport, capital of Nova Scotia, on the S. coast of that peninsula, nearly equidistant from its NE. and SW. extremities, in lat. 44° 40' N., Lon. 63° 35' W. It is situated on the W. side of Chebucto Bay, now called Halifax Harbor. The city is mainly built of wood, but there are a number of stone houses. It is dominated by the Citadel, which crowns an eminence 255 feet above the sea. Among the more prominent buildings and institutions are the Dominion Building (with a provincial museum), the Provincial Parliament Building (erected in 1818), the Government House, Roman Catholic Cathedral, St. Paul's Church (built in 1750), and Dalhousie College (erected in 1886-87), the last-named a university with faculties of arts, law, medicine and science. Other buildings are the Admiralty House, military hospital, and barracks. The city contains a Common, the Point Pleasant Park, and the public gardens, the last covering 14 acres. It has a large royal dock-yard, one of the finest in the British colonies, with a dry-dock 610 feet in length. The harbor is 6 miles long by about a mile in width ; there is excellent anchorage in every part of it, and the N. end of it is connected by a narrow arm with Bedford Basin, 6 miles by 4 miles in site, capable of containing all the navies of the world. Halifax is protected by numerous fortifications and is the chief naval station of British North America.

The city has extensive steam communication with various parts of the Dominion of Canada, Newfoundland, the United States, the West Indies, and Great Britain. Rail way lines connect it with Pictou, Annapolis, St. John, the United States, and the provinces of Quebec and Ontario. Halifax is the eastern terminus of the Intercolonial and the Dominion Atlantic Rs. and is the station of several lines of oceanic cable. It is the seat of the Anglican bishop of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island and of the Roman Catholic archbishop of Halifax.

Halifax was originally called Chedabucto or Chebucto, but in 1749, when it was proclaimed the capital of Acadia, it received its present name. In 1790 it contained 700 houses and 4000 inhabitants ; in 1828 the pop. was 14,439 ; in 1881, 36,100 ; in 1891, 38,566 ; in 1901, 40,787.

Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher

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