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