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Attractions + Things To Do in Darmouth #1 of 21 Things To Do in Darmouth Fort Needham Memorial Park Halifax NS ~1.22 miles from Darmouth city center Hotels Close to Fort Needham Memorial Park #2 of 21 Things To Do in Darmouth Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Halifax NS ~1.44 miles from Darmouth city center Hotels Close to Nova Scotia College of Art and Design The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD), HALIFAX, was established in 1887, largely through the efforts of its founder Anna LEONOWENS. Originally named the Victoria School of Art and Design, it began as an artistic enterprise to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. In 1925 it was incorporated by Provincial Charter as the Nova Scotia College of Art. In 1969 it achieved university status to become the first degree-granting art school in Canada. In recognition of the importance of design studies, its name was changed to the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. NSCAD currently offers instruction in fine and media arts, craft, art education, art history, craft history and communication design. Degrees granted include Master of Fine Arts, Master of Arts in Art Education, Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts, Bachelor of Design, Bachelor of Design (Honours) and Bachelor of Fine Arts. The Foundation Program comprises the first year of all undergraduate degree programs. The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design collaborates in the delivery of a Bachelor of Education: Visual Arts Specialist degree awarded by Mount Saint Vincent University. The college is noted for its publishing ventures on source material in contemporary art. In 1978 it completed an innovative move to a campus within Halifax's restored waterfront. Current enrolment includes approximately 900 undergraduate students and over 30 graduate students. #3 of 21 Things To Do in Darmouth Halifax North Common Park Halifax NS ~1.47 miles from Darmouth city center Hotels Close to Halifax North Common Park The North Common contains several soft ball diamonds, and a large fountain near the centre. It is larger than the Central Common, and is much more empty and open, making it suitable for organized sporting and recreation events. A public washroom was recently built on Cunard St. #4 of 21 Things To Do in Darmouth Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Halifax NS ~1.54 miles from Darmouth city center Hotels Close to Art Gallery of Nova Scotia #5 of 21 Things To Do in Darmouth Province House Halifax NS ~1.55 miles from Darmouth city center Hotels Close to Province House Province House is where the Nova Scotia Legislature, known officially as the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, has met every year since 1819. The building is Canada's oldest seat of government. Standing three storeys tall, the structure is considered one of the finest examples of Palladian architecture in North America. It opened for the first time on February 11, 1819. In 1848, Province House was the site for the first form of responsible government in the British Empire outside the United Kingdom. The building is located in downtown Halifax on a block bordered by Hollis, Granville, George and Prince streets. One of the smallest functioning legislatures in North America, Province House originally held the executive, legislative and judicial functions of the colony, all in one building. The Red Room was formerly the meeting place of the Legislative Council, an Executive body appointed by the Governor and reformed in favour of a Cabinet style council in 1848. The Legislative Council was replaced by the modern Executive Council in 1928. The Green Room is the home of the House of Assembly, the legislative house of the Province. The Legislative Library, located on the second floor between the Red and Green chambers, was originally the home of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, until the court out grew the space. The Supreme Court chamber was the site of Joseph Howe's 1835 trial for seditious libel. A ceremonial Premier's office is maintained in the building, as well as the office of the Speaker of the House. #6 of 21 Things To Do in Darmouth Halifax Citadel Halifax NS ~1.56 miles from Darmouth city center Hotels Close to Halifax Citadel Citadel Hill is a glacial drumlin located on the Halifax Peninsula. It measures approximately 80 metres above sea level and affords a commanding view of the entrance to Halifax Harbour, as well as nearby George's Island and McNabs Island. The hill's strategic value was the primary reason that the British military chose to establish a presence on the eastern side of the peninsula along The Narrows during the late 1740s to counter a growing French presence at Fortress Louisbourg several hundred kilometres northeast; the town of Halifax having been established in 1749. A series of four different defensive fortifications have occupied the summit of Citadel Hill since this time, with the construction and levelling resulting in the summit of the hill being dropped by ten to twelve metres. Citadel Hill and the associated harbour defence fortifications afforded the Royal Navy the most secure and strategic anchorage in eastern North America astride the Great Circle Route to western Europe and gave Halifax the nickname "Warden of The North". The massive British military presence in Halifax focused through Citadel Hill and the Royal Navy's dockyard is thought to be the main reason that Nova Scotia (consisting of all of the present-day Maritimes and part of Quebec's Gaspe Peninsula), the fourteenth colony following Britain's victory in the Seven Years' War, remained loyal to the Crown throughout and after the American Revolutionary War. The first fort was part of the western perimeter wall for the old city which was protected by five stockaded forts. The others were Horsemans Fort, Cornwallis Fort, Fort Lutrell and Grenadier Fort. Citadel Hill hosted a three-story octagonal blockhouse from 1776–1789, covering a fourteen-gun battery. The current star-shaped fortress, or citadel, is formally known as Fort George and was completed in 1856, following twenty-eight years of construction. This massive masonry-construction fort was designed to repel a land-based attack by United States forces and was inspired by the designs of Louis XIV's commissary of fortifications Sébastien Le Prestre, Seigneur de Vauban – a star-shaped hillock fortress with internal courtyard and clear harbour view from armoured ramparts. Between 1820 and 1831 the British had constructed a similar albeit larger citadel in Quebec City known as the Citadel of Quebec. #7 of 21 Things To Do in Darmouth Maritime Museum of the Atlantic Halifax NS ~1.60 miles from Darmouth city center Hotels Close to Maritime Museum of the Atlantic The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is a Canadian maritime museum located in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is a member institution of the Nova Scotia Museum and is the oldest and largest maritime museum in Canada with a collection of over 30,000 artifacts including 70 small craft and one ship: the CSS Acadia, a 180 foot steam-powered hydrographic survey ship launched in 1913. The HMCS Sackville, a World War II Flower-class corvette is docked adjacent to the museum when she is open for public viewing in the summer months, but is not owned or administered by the museum. #8 of 21 Things To Do in Darmouth Halifax Central Common Park Halifax NS ~1.65 miles from Darmouth city center Hotels Close to Halifax Central Common Park The Halifax Common, in local popular usage more often referred to as the Commons, is a Canadian urban park in the community of Halifax in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality. It is Canada’s oldest urban park, with the North Common and the Central Common still in use as a public park area. #9 of 21 Things To Do in Darmouth Halifax Forum 2901 Windsor Street Halifax NS ~1.69 miles from Darmouth city center Hotels Close to Halifax Forum An arena and multi-purpose facility for all occasions. We include venues for bingo and ice skating, concerts and sporting events The Halifax Forum is located in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It was built in 1928. It is the former home of the Nova Scotia Voyageurs of the American Hockey League. Other former tenants include the Halifax Junior Canadians, Halifax Wolverines (senior team), and the Maritime Major Hockey League's Halifax St. Mary's. The Voyageurs moved to the new Halifax Metro Centre in 1978. The arena now hosts Saint Mary's University hockey, Halifax Lions of the Maritime Junior A Hockey League, Halifax McDonald's of the Nova Scotia Major Midget Hockey League, the QMJHL's Mooseheads preseason games. It is also home to the Maritime Gift Show and other trade shows or concerts. The arena has also hosted basketball, boxing, and curling. The arena's capacity for hockey is 5,600. The largest audience for an event held at the Forum was reportedly close to 8,600 people, at the first live World Wrestling Federation show in Halifax, on July 18, 1987, which featured a main event match between then-WWF champion Hulk Hogan and Randy "Macho Man" Savage. http://www.halifaxforum.ca #10 of 21 Things To Do in Darmouth Royal Artillery Park Halifax NS ~1.72 miles from Darmouth city center Hotels Close to Royal Artillery Park #11 of 21 Things To Do in Darmouth Public Gardens Park Halifax NS ~1.87 miles from Darmouth city center Hotels Close to Public Gardens Park The Halifax Public Gardens are Victorian era public gardens formally established in 1867, the year of Canadian Confederation. The gardens are located in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia on the Halifax Peninsula near the popular shopping district of Spring Garden Road. The gardens are a national historic site. The Public Gardens are bounded by Spring Garden Road, South Park Street, Summer Street and Sackville Street. They are open annually from approximately May 1 until November 1. The landscaping style is Victorian formal and provides a popular setting for wedding and prom photos. The gardens also feature a bandstand that is used for free public concerts on Sunday afternoons during the summer. Many people enjoy feeding the ducks who make the gardens their home, although it is prohibited. The Public Gardens were badly damaged by Hurricane Juan in 2003. Many trees were destroyed, necessitating the early closure of the gardens and some redesign. The gardens reopened on Canada Day, 2004 after a restoration aided in part by $1 million which was raised during a radio telethon. #12 of 21 Things To Do in Darmouth Seaview Memorial Park Halifax NS ~1.94 miles from Darmouth city center Hotels Close to Seaview Memorial Park #13 of 21 Things To Do in Darmouth Pier 21 National Historic Site Halifax NS ~2.27 miles from Darmouth city center Hotels Close to Pier 21 National Historic Site Pier 21, a former ocean liner terminal, is Canada's National Museum of Immigration in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It operated as an ocean liner terminal and immigration shed from 1928 to 1971 and became an immigration museum in 1999. Pier 21 is Canada's last remaining ocean immigration shed. The facility is often compared to Ellis Island, although this term is also used to describe the immigration station at Grosse Isle, Quebec. #14 of 21 Things To Do in Darmouth Dalhousie University Halifax NS - 902-494-2211 ~2.39 miles from Darmouth city center Hotels Close to Dalhousie University Dalhousie university is located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is the largest post-secondary educational institution in the Maritime Provinces it offers a wide array of programs, including a medical program and the Dalhousie Law School. Dalhousie University is a university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. As the largest post-secondary educational institution in the Maritime Provinces it offers a wide array of programs, including a medical program and the Schulich School of Law. The chancellor is Mr. Fred Fountain; Dr. Tom Traves serves as president and vice-chancellor. Dalhousie is consistently named among Canada's top research universities. It is a member of the Group of Thirteen, more commonly referred to as the G13, a group of the leading research universities in Canada. In 2003 and 2004, The Scientist magazine placed Dalhousie among the top five places in the world, outside the United States, for postdoctoral work and conducting scientific research. In 2007 Dalhousie topped the list of The Scientist’s “Best Places to Work in Academia”. The annual list divides research and academic institutions into American and international lists; Dalhousie University is ranked first in the international category. According to a survey conducted by The Scientist magazine, Dal was named the best non-commercial scientific institute in which to work in Canada. Dalhousie University was ranked as the eighth-best university (Medical Doctoral Rankings) in Canada by Maclean's Magazine in 2008. In addition, Maclean's ranked Dalhousie's law school sixth overall for two consecutive years. In the 2008 edition of the annual Times Higher Education Supplement-Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings, Dalhousie ranked 11th in Canada and 197th internationally http://www.dal.ca #15 of 21 Things To Do in Darmouth St. Mary's University Halifax NS ~2.60 miles from Darmouth city center Hotels Close to St. Mary's University Saint Mary's University (SMU) is located in Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada. The school is best known today for having strong undergraduate programs, and nationally leading programs in Business, Astronomy and International Development Studies as well some of the best football and Men's hockey programs in Canada. The campus is situated in Halifax's South End and covers approximately 30 acres. #16 of 21 Things To Do in Darmouth Point Pleasant Park Halifax NS ~3.05 miles from Darmouth city center Hotels Close to Point Pleasant Park Point Pleasant Park is a large, partially forested municipal park at the southern tip of the Halifax peninsula. It once hosted several artillery batteries, and a well-preserved eighteenth century Martello tower can be found there. The park is a popular recreational spot for Haligonians, as it hosts forest walks and affords views across the harbour and out toward the Atlantic. Shakespearean plays are performed in the park every summer by the Shakespeare by the Sea theatre company. In 2000 Canadian Food Inspection Agency planned to cut 10,000 trees to halt an outbreak of Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle (Tetropium fuscum). This plan was challenged by the Friends of Pt. Pleasant Park in the courts, which resulted in a temporary injunction stopping the cutting. The injunction was later removed but there was a reduction in tree cutting to less than 2000. #17 of 21 Things To Do in Darmouth Halifax Mainland Common Park Halifax NS ~4.22 miles from Darmouth city center Hotels Close to Halifax Mainland Common Park #18 of 21 Things To Do in Darmouth Cole Harbour Place 51 Forest Hills Parkway Dartmouth NS ~4.35 miles from Darmouth city center Hotels Close to Cole Harbour Place Activity center has three pools and a water slide, weight room with instructors and aerobic facilities. Cole Harbour Place 51 Forest Hills Parkway P.O. Box 17 Dartmouth, NS B2W 6C6 Phone General Information +1 (902) 464-5100 Daily Events Line +1 (902) 464-5109 Corporate Memberships +1 (902) 464-2337 http://www.coleharbourplace.com #19 of 21 Things To Do in Darmouth McNabs Island Provincial Park Halifax NS ~5.25 miles from Darmouth city center Hotels Close to McNabs Island Provincial Park McNabs Island is the largest island in Halifax Harbour located in Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. It played a major role in defending Halifax Harbour and is now a provincial park. The island was first settled in 1780s by Peter McNab, and McNab family members lived on the island until 1934. #20 of 21 Things To Do in Darmouth Lawlor Island Provincial Park Halifax NS ~6.07 miles from Darmouth city center Hotels Close to Lawlor Island Provincial Park Lawlor Island is a small island near the mouth of Halifax Harbour. Measuring approximately 55 hectares, it is located opposite MacCormacks Beach in Eastern Passage and McNabs Island in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. The island is undeveloped woodland and the protected home of deer and osprey. On September 30, 1750, Thomas Bloss was granted an island in Halifax Harbour which later bore his name. Bloss Island was one of many names which referred to the island until the latter part of the 19th century when it became widely known as Lawlor Island. In 1758, the island bore the name Webb's Island. In 1792, it was referred to as Carroll's Island. In 1821, James Lawlor, into whose hands the island had passed, offered a reward for the conviction of persons who had stolen his sheep from the island. In this notice the island is referred to as McNamara's Island. Thomas Chandler Haliburton, in 1829, refers to the island as Duggan's Island. Shortly afterwards the island was referred to as Warren's Island. In 1866, the Province acquired Lawlor Island for use as a quarantine station. In 1864, during the American Civil War, McNabs and Lawlor islands played a small but important role in an incident involving several ships from the Confederate and Union navies. One of the most interesting episodes in the island's history occurred in 1899 when 2,000 Doukhobor immigrants were quarantined there. By 1938, the quarantine station was no longer needed. The island was subsequently purchased by the Canadian government for use as a medical station during the Second World War. Today it is part of the McNabs Island Provincial Park Reserve. #21 of 21 Things To Do in Darmouth Peggy's Cove Peggys Cove NS ~20.51 miles from Darmouth city center Hotels Close to Peggy's Cove Peggys Cove is 43 kilometres southwest of downtown Halifax and comprises one of the numerous small fishing communities located around the perimeter of the Chebucto Peninsula. The community is named after the cove of the same name, a name also shared with Peggys Point, immediately to the east of the cove. The village marks the eastern point of St. Margaret's Bay.

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