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Earlier Schools in the Fairview and Surrounding Areas up to The Present Day

March 17, 2020March 18, 2020 admin 256 Views

Submitted by Devonna Edwards Three Mile House School Without the aid received from the Colonial Church Society, a permanent school

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The Halifax Municipal Airport – Also called the Chebucto Road Airport

February 12, 2020 admin 182 Views

Submitted by Devonna Edwards In the newspaper dated September 1928, it announced that the Bluehill Farm property was chosen for

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No. 6 District Depot (Chebucto Barracks)

February 9, 2020February 9, 2020 admin 144 Views

Submitted by Devonna Edwards The Depot opened in November 1941 on the northern section of the Municipal Airport Field which

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The Provincial Penitentiary

January 16, 2020January 16, 2020 admin 146 Views

Submitted by Devonna Edwards It was located one-half mile from the city of Halifax, on fourteen acres of land overlooking

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Rockhead Prison – Also known as City Prison

January 9, 2020 admin 364 Views

Submitted by Devonna Edwards The prison was located one mile north of downtown Halifax, on a high hill above Africville

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Devlin’s Pond in Fairview and the Polio Epidemic in the early 1950s

December 5, 2019December 5, 2019 admin 122 Views

Submitted by Devonna Edwards Devlin’s Pond was located on Melrose Avenue; between Melrose Avenue and Sunnybrae Avenue in Fairview, just

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The Old Tannery and Area

November 21, 2019November 21, 2019 admin 167 Views

Submitted by Devonna Edwards The Old Tannery was located three miles from Halifax, on the Bedford Highway. A Rock Quarry

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Constable Charles Russell Fulton

October 22, 2019October 23, 2019 admin 216 Views

Submitted by Devonna Edwards Constable Charles Russell Fulton, was Halifax Police Department’s first police officer killed in the line of

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St. Patrick’s Home

October 3, 2019October 3, 2019 admin 187 Views

Submitted by Devonna Edwards Located on Mumford Road. The first St. Patrick’s Home for boys opened on October 2,1885 on

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Geizer’s Hill or Geizer’s Mountain

September 22, 2019September 22, 2019 admin 224 Views

Submitted by Devonna Edwards Geizer’s Hill or Geizer’s Mountain Today the areas location is described as the top of Main

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