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Africville
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Africville was a small community of predominantly African Nova Scotians located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It developed on the southern shore of Bedford Basin and existed from the early 1800s to
Founders William, John & Thomas Brown listed on The Africville Monument at Seaview Memorial Park.
Founders William, John & Thomas Brown listed on The Africville Monument at Seaview Memorial Park.
Africville Church (est. 1849), reconstructed in 2011 as part of the government's Africville Apology
Africville Church (est. 1849), reconstructed in 2011 as part of the government's Africville Apology
Monument at the site of Africville beside the A. Murray MacKay Bridge
Monument at the site of Africville beside the A. Murray MacKay Bridge
Text on the site of Africville, near the Seaview Baptist Church in Halifax, NS, Canada.
Text on the site of Africville, near the Seaview Baptist Church in Halifax, NS, Canada.
Halifax Explosion
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On the morning of 6 December 1917, the French cargo ship SS Mont-Blanc and the Norwegian vessel SS Imo collided in the harbour of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Laden with high explosives, Mont-Blanc c
Africville
…well-maintained, and brightly painted homes to tiny ramshackle dwellings converted from sheds, the community had a peak population of 400 at the time of the Halifax Explosion in 1917. Elevated land to the south protected Africville from the direct blast of the explosion and the complete destruction that levelled the neighbouring…
The pyrocumulus cloud produced by the explosion
The pyrocumulus cloud produced by the explosion
Looking north from a grain elevator towards Acadia Sugar Refinery, c. 1900, showing the area later devastated by the 1917 explosion
Looking north from a grain elevator towards Acadia Sugar Refinery, c. 1900, showing the area later devastated by the 1917 explosion
Blast cloud of the explosion
Blast cloud of the explosion
A view across the devastation of Halifax two days after the explosion, looking toward the Dartmouth side of the harbour: Imo is visible aground on the
A view across the devastation of Halifax two days after the explosion, looking toward the Dartmouth side of the harbour: Imo is visible aground on the far side of the harbour.