Headed to Halifax. Found decent parking close by, yay. we can check out the museums of interest without worrying about time.
First is lunch at Alexander Keiths brewhouse established in 1820. Recommendations? Beer battered Fish and chips. We shared, except for the Keith’s as it is called out here.
On to Pier 21 Immigration Museum at what seems the far end of the Halifax Harbour, so glad we changed out of our boots. No pictures allowed inside the building so this plaque is what we have. The interesting part inside is a library of immigration stretching back into the 1700’s. If you have any date available as to when your ancestors came over, they have it on file. Apparently they may be able to help if you don’t have exact dates!
Quite an exhibit, showing how deep our roots are based in discriminatory procedures when it comes to the immigration process. Cumulating in the denial of the European Jews on the St Louis in 1939. The bureaucracy can be seen in all these buildings utilized until the ’70’s
Heading back to the Wharf it got loud for a minute as this Navy helicopter headed out. We unfortunately were down a side street, we didn’t get to see it lift off. We saw the navy ships as we rode in through downtown. Sadly ran out of time to see how close we could have gotten. We had to prioritize our day.
Friday June 8 was Ocean Day, Free Admission! to the Marine Museum We felt pretty lucky. So much to see! Scot has a lot of documentary’s information under his hat. Still he was impressed by the size of this Mark IX torpedo whose kin were utilized during WWII. It looks a lot bigger in person.
A panorama of the Halifax Explosion. The large chunks of metal were twisted and hurled far into the devastated city. There was a lot of explanation of how the rescues came about. as well as how they coordinated the identification of the victims. Interesting that Maine was the biggest assistance in helping financially in rebuilding!
After the Halifax explosion there were two divers using this type of equipment on the harbour floor, one man kept both air boxes filled (a four man job) while others brought the divers up from the ocean floor! Apparently these type of apparatus was used well into the 60’s. Until now we thought this was the stuff of movies.
Information also for the Titanic, there were too many people in the dioramas showing the inside of the 3 cabin styles, to get a decent pic. The ‘Sail’ section we skimmed through, still interesting with the models and even a boat simulation that almost set off vertigo when standing on it!
On to Hubbard’s to catch up with an old friend.
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