Citadel Hill (Fort George)
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Citadel Hill is a National Historic Site in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Four fortifications have been constructed on Citadel Hill since the city was founded by the British in 1749, and were referred
Aerial view of Citadel Hill
Built in 1803, the Halifax Town Clock is a major landmark built on the eastern slope of Citadel Hill.
View of Citadel Hill, with its cannons pointed towards Halifax Harbour. Completed in 1856, the fortification was designed also to repel a land-based attack by the United States.
Prisoners of war at the Halifax Citadel ca. 1917 prior to the opening of a permanent prisoner-of-war camp in Amherst
Georges Island (Nova Scotia)
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Georges Island is a glacial drumlin and the largest island entirely within the harbour limits of Halifax Harbour located in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality. The Island is the location of F
Citadel Hill (Fort George)
…Horsemans Fort, Cornwallis Fort, Fort Lutrell, and Grenadier Fort. The British also built Fort Charlotte - named after King George's wife Charlotte - on Georges Island in 1750. The fortified city walls, guarded by five stockaded forts to protect against Mi'kmaq, Acadian, and French attacks, was the centre of a network…
Georges Island
Fort Charlotte on Georges Island
Monument to Imprisoned Acadians at Bishops Landing, Halifax, overlooking Georges Island
Georges Island viewed from Halifax, with McNabs Island in the background