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The written records of this port, when it was known by the Indian name of "Chebucto" and by the French name of "Safe Bay," extend back to 1607. What the City is celebrating- this year is the 200th anniversary of the official settlement begun here in 1749 under the name of "Halifax". Third revision April 1949 i HISTORIC HALIFAX bus O s — ~ ££ 3 e8 fl 3 s<c^ S,.g 2 O _, c3 „ » E 82 * £ .213 C P « u ^ Elci «+-i S bfl a> •— O C3 o . ., o O 72 O 1. >• s-t cs © Q u orr - CO 4* * GO P rt - w ©' 2^ c« nj 3 *^ ee cu 4a - g boo o s H •- 1 TOC3 S . ) ! > to e8p2J^ ^"? to 5« m C8 O ^ S >3 * * ca WIS- fi 0) °5 W OT S -w co ^ a)f.r< &** > w g § 2 « 9 ra s « s .£"13 02 03 ere 3 aj-3 « 5 £ S 02 £ 02 &c £ # o> (Tr 4> J3 pfi.S ^ X ^, "C en-:** O e8 ot3 02 C8 13 H to X w . g-g OF 5'S 2§i5 ^•G £ ? 02 02 . Halifax From The Citadel Directing the visitor from Bedford suburb to Citadel Hill, and then showing surrounding sights. Description from the Citadel commences on page 11. /T*HIS Bicentenary Booklet is prepared for the convenience of -*- Halifax guests visiting our Bluenose city for the first time, and consequently unacquainted with the geographical importance of our location, of the magnificence of our spacious harbor, and of the momentous events and famous people crowding our noteworthy history. The ideal vantage ground to get a general view of Halifax is at the top of Citadel Hill. The picture of the wartime convoy shown on page four indicates the utility of this port in times of conflict ; the pan- orama on a clear day from lofty Citadel Hill displays a marvelous view of ocean and earth; and the pages of this pamphlet pin-point the outstanding spots seen thereabouts, besides unfolding their fascinating story. A S THE majority of motorists approach Halifax via high- -^*- ways number One and Two which converge at the suburb of Bedford, we shall meet there in imagination to guide you into and about the City. You can get the lay-out by reference to the photo on page 4. In the foreground is the inner bay of the harbor, called Bedford Basin. Its outlet near top left gradu- ally expands into a 'Y' shaped main harbor which flows to the broad Atlantic far beyond. The strip of water coming in from sea shown at right of the picture is the North West Arm. The land area enclosed by the Arm and the harbor constitutes the peninsula of Halifax. Its portals are just beyond the white spot on right of photo. (The latch-string is out) For untold ages the blue waters of the haven of Halifax have washed the skiffs of native Indians, pioneer explorers, European fishing smacks, smugglers, privateers, prize ships, murder ships, racing shells, international yachts, battle fleets of all nations and trans-atlantic paddle-wheelers from the old Cunarders, up to modern liners with their latest loads of dis- placed persons from Europe. (E mari merces) . Our shores have felt the footsteps of Micmac aborigines, Samuel Champlain, Governor de Villebon, Intendant Bigot, Admiral D'Anville, General Wolfe, Guy Carleton, Duke of Kent, Baron de Seitz, King Louis Phillippe, Benedict Arnold, 6 HISTORIC HALIFAX Aaron Burr, Robert Rogers' rangers, Jamaica Maroons, Nan- tucket whalers, press gangs, pony express, Loyalist evacuees, William Cobbett, Thomas Moore, Captain Marryat, Charles Dickens, Adele Hugo, John Quincy Adams, Harry Houdini, Carrie Nation, Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, George VI, Alexander Graham Bell, Wilfrid Laurier, and Franklin D. Roosevelt who viewed Halifax from a U. S. cruiser in 1939. Part I—Bedford to Halifax Citadel Number One highway was once part of a primitive trail cut by Acadian French as early as 1725 from Windsor to Bed- ford. Through it they drove cattle to be sent by vessels to their compatriots at Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island. To protect their new settlement at Halifax from French and Indian incur- sions at this point, the English built a stockade here at Bed- ford. This was the beginning of Fort Sackville near the mouth of a small river you are about to cross. It was at this fort that New England troops of Colonel John Winslow rested in December 1755, after marching back from their job of expell- ing the Acadians from the Evangeline district. LET us move along now through the village of Bedford until we come to a curving bay at Millview, identified by Moirs' factories.