Known for its extensive coastline spanning more than 8,000 miles, Nova Scotia has a rich maritime history. Halifax, the ...

Both free and enslaved Black men were among those who served in the American Revolution, and a number of them had some connection to the historic town of Halifax. Frank McMahon, assistant site manager ...

This is a story of an old house that was built in what would become Halifax and two of the town’s oldest families who lived there. I’ll start in the year 1616 when in the north of Wales a young boy by ...

In Halifax County, history and nature come to roost. The American Revolution and the Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Park entertain and educate visitors. Whole new worlds – old and American, feathery and ...

Everyone has heard of the 1917 Halifax Explosion, but did you know there was a second Halifax Explosion in 1945? The city was evacuated as a series of massive explosions rang out all night at the ...