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Remember This? Joffre Street’s Manor Hill Farm

Remember This? Joffre Street’s Manor Hill Farm

Today’s residential Joffre Street was once the location of 19th century poet Andrew Shiels’ Manor Hill farm
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Remember this? Two sides of Canadian Confederation

Remember this? Two sides of Canadian Confederation

Not everyone in Halifax was for Confederation during the first Canada Day celebration
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Remember This? The forgotten history of Geary Street Cemetery and the Dunn vault

Remember This? The forgotten history of Geary Street Cemetery and the Dunn vault

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
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Remember This? Thousands of years of buried history shows HRM needs an Archaeological Management Plan (3 photos)

Remember This? Thousands of years of buried history shows HRM needs an Archaeological Management Plan (3 photos)

Halifax Regional Municipality does not have a civic museum, let alone an archaeological museum or a plan for one
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Remember This? Downtown Dartmouth's Sterns Corner

Remember This? Downtown Dartmouth's Sterns Corner

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
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Remember This? Ochterloney Street's Irish Town (3 photos)

Remember This? Ochterloney Street's Irish Town (3 photos)

Commonly known as the last surviving house of Dartmouth’s Irish Town, 133 Ochterloney Street dates to at least 1846
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Remember This? Downtown Dartmouth’s Historic Sullivan’s Pond (3 photos)

Remember This? Downtown Dartmouth’s Historic Sullivan’s Pond (3 photos)

Historic and beautiful Sullivan’s Pond was created by damming the Sawmill River during the first phase of Shubenacadie Canal construction
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Remember This? Dartmouth’s Town Historian, Dr. John P. Martin

Remember This? Dartmouth’s Town Historian, Dr. John P. Martin

Dr. John Patrick Martin was Dartmouth’s Town Historian and the author of 'The Story of Dartmouth,' the single best source for Dartmouth history
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Remember This? 18th Century Fort Massey underneath Queen Street and South Street (3 photos)

Remember This? 18th Century Fort Massey underneath Queen Street and South Street (3 photos)

Fort Massey, built in 1778, is underneath a busy Downtown Halifax intersection
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Remember This? 100 Years of discovering historic human remains in downtown Dartmouth

Remember This? 100 Years of discovering historic human remains in downtown Dartmouth

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