Place details
Place nameHalifax
CountryCanada
Latitude44.633
Longitude-63.583
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Largest city in Maritime Provinces; visited by Samuel de Champlain ca. 1605; site of French fishing station early 1700s; fortified by British in 1749; naval base in WW I & II; much of city was destroyed in explosion of ammunitions ship in 1917.