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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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Remember This? Jane's Walks : Exploring history, architecture, gardens and more

Remember This? Jane's Walks : Exploring history, architecture, gardens and more

There are eight walks planned for Halifax and Dartmouth on Saturday, May 5th and Sunday, May 6th
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Remember This? Napoleonic War Prison on Dartmouth’s Newcastle Street

Remember This? Napoleonic War Prison on Dartmouth’s Newcastle Street

Today's 59 Newcastle Street is the former location of a wooden building that served, from approximately 1793 to 1805, as a prison for French PoWs. 
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Remember This? Saint Mary's Basilica parking lot; a paved-over burial ground (4 photos)

Remember This? Saint Mary's Basilica parking lot; a paved-over burial ground (4 photos)

The parking lot at Spring Garden and Grafton is an early Catholic burial ground, originally associated with Saint Peter's Church, the 1784 predecessor of today's Saint Mary's Basilica
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