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Old Roads and Streets of Fairview

April 23, 2021January 19, 2022 admin 2109 Views

Submitted by Devonna Edwards Original Road to the Dutch Village (Fairview) The old road ran through what is now the

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Landmarks People 

The Nova Scotia Cotton Factory and The Factory Girls Who Worked There

March 16, 2021March 17, 2021 admin 1870 Views

Submitted by Devonna Edwards The Nova Scotia Cotton Manufacturing Company was a cotton mill located on the corner of Kempt

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Youtube Videos of Fairview, Halifax, Nova Scotia History

February 18, 2021February 23, 2021 admin 1455 Views

Fairview history in video. Watch videos we post of Fairview history.

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Landmarks People 

The Royal Canadian Legion Fairview Branch No. 142

February 17, 2021February 23, 2021 admin 1709 Views

Submitted by Devonna Edwards The Fairview Legion is located on the corner of Hillcrest Street and Main Avenue. The idea

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Landmarks People 

How Bayers Road Got Its Name

January 27, 2021January 27, 2021 admin 1695 Views

Submitted by Devonna Edwards In the Halifax City Directory 1912 to around 1934 it stated that Bayers Road commenced at

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People 

Jones Hill

December 30, 2020December 31, 2020 admin 1251 Views

Submitted by Devonna Edwards Located in Fairview, on Dutch Village Road (today that part of the road is renamed Joseph

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People 

Is there a Santa Claus?

December 2, 2020December 2, 2020 admin 477 Views

Submitted by Devonna Edwards The most famous editorial that has ever been written is the one entitled, “Is there a

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Landmarks 

Monument of Unidentified Dead

November 22, 2020November 26, 2020 admin 1826 Views

Submitted by Devonna Edwards Many Halifax Explosion (Dec. 6, 1917) Victims Remain Unidentified Newspaper article by E. G. Wetmore- April

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Military 

Wartime Rationing 1939-1945

November 10, 2020November 10, 2020 admin 1446 Views

Submitted by Devonna Edwards Eat Hash and Like It! A 1940s newspaper advertisement for War Saving Stamps depicts a housewife

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Military People 

“Through the Gates of Hell and Back”

October 26, 2020November 10, 2020 admin 1255 Views

Submitted by Devonna Edwards On Nov. 11th it is once again time to remember and to honour those who served,

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