Halifax Peninsula
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Halifax Peninsula Old Halifax |
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From top right, pictures are Town Clock, Hydrostone Shops, HUGA Trail, Saunders Park, and the Halifax Central Library.
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 Location of Halifax Peninsula in municipal Halifax. |
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 Halifax Peninsula
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| Coordinates: 44°38′52.0″N 63°34′27.4″W / 44.647778°N 63.574278°WCoordinates: 44°38′52.0″N 63°34′27.4″W / 44.647778°N 63.574278°W | |
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 Canada
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 Nova Scotia
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| Municipality | Halifax Regional Municipality |
| Founded | 1749 |
| Neighborhoods | Armdale, Downtown, Hydrostone, North End, Quinpool, South End, Spring Garden, West End |
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| • Type | Regional Municipality |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 58,025 |
| Time zone | AST (UTC−4) |
| • Summer (DST) | ADT (UTC−3) |
| Postal code span | B3K, B3H, B3J |
| Area code(s) | 902, 782 |
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Part of a series about Places in Nova Scotia
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The Halifax Peninsula is a community and planning area located in the urban core of municipal Halifax, Nova Scotia. Halifax Peninsula is home to Downtown Halifax, the financial and economic heart of the municipality, which was also the site of the original settlement and town of Halifax. The town of Halifax was founded by the British government under the direction of the Board of Trade and Plantations under the command of Governor Edward Cornwallis in 1749. Geographically, the Halifax Peninsula is a Canadian peninsula in central Nova Scotia.
Although now located entirely within HRM, the peninsula was the original host to the town and now former City of Halifax. The founding of the town sparked Father Le Loutre's War. The original settlement was clustered in the southeastern part of the peninsula along The Narrows, between a series of forts (Fort Needham to the north, Fort George (Citadel Hill) in the middle, and Fort Massey to the south) and the harbour. The settlement expanded beyond its walls and gradually encroached over the entire peninsula, creating residential neighbourhoods defined by the peninsula's geography (in addition to the central business district) and referred to by Haligonians as:
The streets are set in a grid pattern the way town officials originally planned in the 18th century.
After a protracted struggle between residents and the Executive Council, the city was incorporated to in 1841. The former city of Halifax was contained entirely within the Halifax Peninsula; however in 1969, municipal amalgamation saw adjacent rural areas of Halifax County west of the isthmus amalgamated into the city, including Rockingham and Spryfield.
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