Touring The Great North – Part 13- Heading To Halifax – The Wharf

Halifax is the capital and most populous municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the most populous municipality in Atlantic Canada. Halifax is a navy creation. It owes its existence largely to its location on one of the largest and deepest ice-free natural harbors in the world, which, over time, made Halifax one of the most important Canadian commercial ports on the Atlantic seaboard. Halifax, like a lot of the Eastern part of Canada, has a lot of Scottish influences, with a lot of the population being of Scottish and Celtic descent. I too have a lot of Scottish and Welsh in me. My great grandmother on my dad’s side immigrated to Australia from Scotland, and my great grandfather from Wales.

Halifax was the next stop on our Canadian adventure. As our norm, we walked and toured around, taking in as many sights as we could. One of the things we did was take a duck tour on of the old WWII amphibians. It took us on a tour around Halifax both in and out of the water. It was called the Harbor Hopper.

While Larry and Maureen were in line to get the tickets, Milos and I were off exploring with our cameras. We got there just in time to catch the next tour, so we didn’t have a lot of time to explore then, but we did later, after the tour. We got a screaming deal on the tour package. We got both the Harbor Hopper tour AND a cruise on the tall ship, but we had to schedule the tall ship for the next day because they didn’t have any openings on the same day. Bummer. We just had to spend another day in beautiful Halifax. 🙂 🙂 🙂

I was entertained by this playful European Starling.

The citadel was one the spots the tour pointed out. We went back later to explore it on our own. This is the clocktower on the citadel grounds.

These gates lead into the Royal Park. The smaller entrance, with the open gate, is for everyone else. The closed gates are ONLY opened when Royalty comes to visit.

It was hard to take a lot of pictures while on land, but much easier while on the water. We were passing both a cruise ship that was docked and another Harbor Hopper amphibian.

Halifax, like so much of Eastern Canada, is a blend of both old and new, modern and traditional.

One of the docked naval ships.

None of us had even been on a duck boat tour before, but it was definitely well worth it.

Back on dry land again, touring around the wharf.

Larry playing around like the big kid that he is. 🙂

Halifax is very colorful and creative.

As were were strolling along, we were entertained by this fiddle player. He was very good and was tapping his toes, having a great time.

Sitting across from the fiddle player was a lady weaving her yarns.

The street art and murals on the walls. This mural is a brief history of Halifax.

These are just creatively fun.

One of our moose sightings.

You can’t see us too well, but we are all framed within the picture, with Larry lying inside the frame.

It was another beautiful, sunny and fun day. We knew we would be coming back again the next day, so from here we headed up to Peggy’s Cove.

Stay tuned. I’ve got more coming your way. Have a great day and make everyday great. ‘Til next time.