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Today’s residential Joffre Street was once the location of 19th century poet Andrew Shiels’ Manor Hill farm

Not everyone in Halifax was for Confederation during the first Canada Day celebration

Geary Street Cemetery was opened around 1835 to replace the over-crowded earlier St. Peter's burial ground which was located near the former Tim Horton's on Ochterloney Street

Halifax Regional Municipality does not have a civic museum, let alone an archaeological museum or a plan for one

Located at today's Alderney Drive and Portland Street, Sterns Corner is a historic downtown Dartmouth landmark with a strong connection to the Sterns family

Commonly known as the last surviving house of Dartmouth’s Irish Town, 133 Ochterloney Street dates to at least 1846

Historic and beautiful Sullivan’s Pond was created by damming the Sawmill River during the first phase of Shubenacadie Canal construction

Dr. John Patrick Martin was Dartmouth’s Town Historian and the author of 'The Story of Dartmouth,' the single best source for Dartmouth history

Fort Massey, built in 1778, is underneath a busy Downtown Halifax intersection

The hill upon which St. James United Church and associated buildings are located is a burial ground of uncertain origin