Map of Fairview, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Submitted by Devonna Edwards The Depot opened in November 1941 on the northern section of the Municipal Airport Field which was then undeveloped land. Today that area is known as Saunders Park on Chebucto Road, extending to a point where the Westmount subdivision begins. Every Canadian Army Military District had a camp that was used…

Submitted by Devonna Edwards Located in Fairview on the Bedford Highway. It was situated on a high hill next to the Rock Quarry (now a car dealership occupies the site.) In later years the Harbour Lights Hotel (1948), the Wandlyn Motel and then the Bayview Inn all occupied the former Middlemore Home. Today (2019) Icon…

Submitted by Devonna Edwards Geizer’s Hill or Geizer’s Mountain Today the areas location is described as the top of Main Avenue and Washmill Lake Drive. Years ago the lower part of Main Avenue was known as the Duke of Kent Street and informally known as Lightning Hill because in the winter children, from the area,…

Submitted by Devonna Edwards The Mi’kmaq (formerly known as Mic Mac) in the Fairview Area. First Nation people, the Mi’kmaq, were the first to occupy the province of Nova Scotia. Charlie Phillips In the 1950s a Mi’kmaq by the name of Charlie Phillips lived with his wife and children in a small dwelling surrounded by…

By: Devonna Edwards Fairview is the area lying to the northwest end of Halifax and on the southwest of Bedford Basin, about three miles from the business section of downtown Halifax. In 1832, under an act of the legislature, Titus Smith Jr. surveyed and bench marked the then newly defined boundary between the town of…