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THE 2024 CANADIAN ADVENTURE CONTINUES …..

TODAY WAS A NAUTICAL DAY. WE BEGAN AT THE HALIFAX MARITIME MUSEUM: THE HISTORY OF SAILING FROM THE FIRST NATIONS TO THE WWII CANADIAN NAVY. EXCEPTIONAL DISPLAY OF THE TITANIC DISASTER WITH MANY ARTIFACTS. IN 1917 A NORWEGIAN SHIP ENTERING THE PORT COLLIDED WITH A FRENCH MILITARY SHIP HEADED FROM HALIFAX TO FRANCE LOADED WITH MUNITIONS FOR WW1. THE EXPLOSION LEVELED MUCH OF HALIFAX AND TOOK ALMOST 2000 LIVES. IT WAS THE LARGEST EXPLOSION ON EARTH UNTIL HIROSHIMA.

WE TOURED THE FAMOUS PEGGYS COVE. IT’S A SPECTACULAR GRANITE FORMATION, LIGHTHOUSE AND MULTICOLORED HOMES. WE HIKED OVER THE WALKWAYS ABD ROCKS TO THE LIGHTHOUSE