Georges Island (Nova Scotia)
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 Fort Charlotte - named after King George's wife Charlotte. Fort Charlotte was built during Father Le Loutre's War, a year after Citadel Hill. The island is now a National Historic Site of Canada.
As of August 6, 2020, the island is open to the public on the weekends, from June until Thanksgiving weekend.
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
Halifax Harbour is a large natural harbour on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, located in the Halifax Regional Municipality. Halifax largely owes its existence to the harbour, being one of the largest and deepest ice-free natural harbours in the world. Before Confederation it was one of the most important commercial ports on the Atlantic seaboard. In 1917, it was the site of the world's largest man-made accidental explosion, when the SSÂ Mont-Blanc blew up in the Halifax Explosion of December 6.
Nautical chart of Halifax Harbour in the 1880s
Entrance to Halifax Harbour as seen from Georges Island
Sambro Island from the northwest
The barque Europa beside Georges Island in Halifax Harbour in 2004