Halifax Waterfront Discovery Tour by Foot

With your local guide, explore Halifax’s Harbourwalk with it’s unique combination of scenic views, artwork, architecture, and history. Your guide will stop and explain the history of the national Immigration Museum at Pier 21, Georges Island, HMCS Sackville, the Halifax Explosion, and much more.

At a leisurely pace, visitors interested in history, architecture, art work, photography, can participate in this tour and get a sample of the culture and lives of Haligonians.

Pier 21 is the former ocean liner terminal and immigration shed used from 1928 to 1971. Over one million immigrants passed through the gates. Today the facility is our National Immigration Museum, and part of the Halifax Cruise Ship Pavilion.

The statue is in honour of the man who was born in Halifax in 1787. Founding director f the Halifax Steamboat Company and later founded the Cunard shipping line, today famous for the four Queens, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria, and the Queen Anne.

From the shore line, view George’s Island with it’s lighthouse and fortifications used to defend the entrance to Halifax Harbour.

The last remaining Corvette that served in the Second World War, providing protection for the merchant navy as convoys sailed the dangerous waters of the North Atlantic bringing vital supplies to the Allies in Europe.

Launched in 1913, she is the first vessel specifically designed to map Canada’s North. She is also the only known vessel still afloat that survived the Halifax Explosion.

Along with the HMCS Sackville and C.S.S Acadia, the Maritime Museum is home to great exhibits about Halifax’s connection to the Titanic and the Halifax Explosion, plus other exhibits pertaining to Nova Scotia’s connections to the sea.

Also known as Privateers Warehouses, the buildings constructed in the early 1800’s were used by cargo merchants and privateers. Today they are home to restaurants, and shops.

Constructed between 1815 and 1817, it is the oldest legislative building still in use in Canada.

The oldest cemetery in Halifax, St. Paul’s has headstones dating back to the founding of Halifax in 1749.

The art work recognizes the contribution of women to the Second World War war effort.

The artwork celebrates the hundreds of thousands of immigrants who first step foot in Canada along the waterfront.

A monument on the Halifax waterfront, with George’s Island in the background. George Island was a location where French Acadians were imprisoned in 1755, before being deported from Nova Scotia to various places in the world

Created by Donna Hiebert in 1988, captures the sense of Halifax’s connection with the sea.

The Last Steps symbolizes the last time hundreds of thousands of Canadian soldiers in World War One and World War Two felt Canadian soil before departing for Europe.

Halifax played a vital role in the building of communication lines on the ocean floor that stretched from Europe to North America. Halifax was a landing point for some of these communication cables. The Cable Wharf was used as a base for cable ships to store supplies and make repairs.

• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
• Not recommended for travelers with walking or mobility issues.

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• This Tour is Provided by TayMac Tours.
• Tour Timezone & Starts at America/Halifax.
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