Halifax

a city, port of entry, capital of the province of Nova Scotia, and ~.— of Halifax Co., on Halifax Harbor. It is the largest community and only city in the province. The harbor of Halifax is one of the best in the world, 6 miles long, with an average width of a mile. and protected by 11 fortifications. Halifax is the chief British naval station in North America, and in 1901 was the only station on the Atlantic coast occupied by British troops. The Citadel, a fortre of earth and yranite, occupies the summit of the hill commanding the city, is over a mile in circumference, is the strongest fortification in America and one of the strongest in the world, and the work of —_ Halifax rbor was originally known as Chedabucto or Chebucto bay, but in 1749 the city was founded on the W. shore cd Lord Cornwall is, made the capital of Nova Scotia, then including New Brunswick, and named in honor of the Earl of Halifax. It was incorporated. as a city in 1842. The city sends two members to the Canadian House of Commons, and three to the Provincial Legislature. Pop.