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| Peggy's Cove |
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| Mercey River, Kejimkujik |
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| Grand-Pre NHS |
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Our first stop in Nova Scotia was Halifax. We visited the
Pier 21 Immigration Museum and found it interesting with many firsthand
accounts from people who entered Canada through that facility or who worked
there. We traveled back in time to visit the Alexander Keith Brewery. Some of
their 18th century workers gave us a tour, entertained us and provided
generous samples of their beer. The Maritime Museum had a Titanic display along
with a lot of other maritime historical stuff. We also learned about the
Halifax Explosion, the largest man-made explosion before atom age. A ship full
of explosive, headed for Europe in 1917, collided with another ship in the
harbor. The explosion leveled 2 sq miles of Halifax, killing 2,000 and injuring
9,000.
Not far from Halifax is Terence Bay, the site of the
greatest maritime disaster prior to the Titanic. The SS Atlantic headed for an unplanned
stop in Halifax to load extra coal. They missed the entrance to the harbor and
wrecked near Terence Bay killing 535 persons. In 1998, Swiss Air Flight 111 (a.k.a. The UN
Shuttle), crashed in the water near Peggy’s Cove, and a memorial for the 226
lives lost is nearby. Clearly this is a dangerous place!
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