City of Halifax (Nova Scotia)

A Canadian city, and the provincial capital of Nova Scotia. It is also the economic centre of the Atlantic Provinces.

Founded in 1749 as a military outpost for the British with a handful of farming settlers. It has the second-largest natural harbour in the world, which is also well protected and ideal for a military base, Citadel Hill. Convoys of naval fleets would assemble in the Bedford Basin before heading out on duty. One particularly foggy morning during the World War I resulted in the worst explosion prior to nuclear armament, the Halifax explosion.

Presently the city still serves a major military purpose, as home of the East CoastCanadian Navy.

Halifax is also home to six degree-granting post-secondary educational institutions, including Dalhousie University, St. Mary's University, DalTech (formerly the Technical University of Nova Scotia, The [University of King's College]], Mount Saint Vincent University and The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.

One of Halifax's first mayors, Alexander Keith, was a brewer and produced Alexander Keith's India Pale Ale.

See also: Canada, Canadian provinces and territories, Canadian cities, Halifax explosion