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    Where I'm from (lots of pictures)

    Ok, so I'm very bored and I decided to show you guys just a few little bits of Halifax. These arn't photos that I've personally taken but I think I chose some good ones.

    Some facts: Halifax has 7 universities, 8 hospitals (IWK Children's Hospital is one of North America's top ten) and 171 parks, and 370,000 residents.

    An international city ranked as one of Canada's top 5 'Smart Cities'. Canada's second largest scientific center after Ottawa. Has the World's third largest Oceanographic Institute, The Bedford Institute of Oceanography.

    Halifax has the highest number of bars per capita of any city in Canada.

    Average Winter Temperature: 22 degrees F. Average Summer Temperature: 65 degrees F. (see.. not THAT cold!).


    This is part of Downtown Halifax if you are looking at it from the Dartmouth side of the Harbour:


    Another view of Halifax from Darthmouth:


    Citadel Hill, which is located in the middle of downtown Halifax. The fortress was completed in 1856. They still fire a cannon at noon everyday:


    The town clock (1803) located at the base of the hill:


    View of Halifax from the top of Citadel hill:


    The Public Gardens is 16 arces of gardens in the middle of Halifax and is a very relaxing place to spend a day.




    Point Pleasent Park was leased to the province of Nova Scotia from the crown in 1866 for 999 years at one shilling per year. From 1749 until 1866 it was primarily used by the military. The park is 185 acres.


    One of the forts in the park:


    Halifax City Hall:


    My favorite building in Halifax. It used to be a building but now it is just the front of the building. If you go through the front door you come into a grassy courtyard where the interoir of the building used to be.


    The Halifax Armoires.. where they keep all the guns...


    Sir Sanford Flemming Park memorial tower:

    Was built in 1912, stands to commemorate the first Legislative Assembly in Halifax in 1758. Is supposedly haunted. Sir Sanford Fleming built the Intercolonial Railway and much of the Canadian Pacific Railway. He also developed the system of Standard Time Zones which is used throughout much of the world today.

    There is a million more things I could show you guys but I don't have enough time to look up pictures of my favorite places. I love this city and I don't think I ever relized it until a few months ago. I'd strongly urge anyone who wants to travel to Canada to come here!
    Last edited by Ms. Porkchop; 03-27-2007, 02:33 PM.

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    Those are some very nice pics, Porkchop.

    Is the town clock a landmark, or something?

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      Fun fact: My grandmother and an aunt and uncle live just outside Halifax.

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        #4
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        I miss my beach

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          I'd show you guys pics of Philadelphia, but you've all seen Cops.
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            Where I'm from:
            http://www.traveleze.com/travel_planning/lansing.html

            the fountain in that picture is really cool, and the water it sprays up smells like corpses. that makes it cooler.



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              How many dead bodies have you smelled, Valk?
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                Originally posted by B_Wire View Post
                Those are some very nice pics, Porkchop.

                Is the town clock a landmark, or something?
                It was ordered to be built by Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and future father of Queen Victoria, resulting from his time in Halifax as Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces in Nova Scotia. The soldier prince wished to have a community clock so that all could see the time of day and not have an excuse for being late for work. The clock arrived in Halifax on June 10, 1803.
                Last edited by Ms. Porkchop; 03-27-2007, 02:37 PM.

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                  How many dead bodies have you smelled, Valk?
                  one human, and about a dozen animals.



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                    nice pictures. I live in the middle of no where and the clothing stores sell crap. I have to drive 40 miles just to get to the shopping!

                    I forgot to mention my parents won't let me drive there because I've only been driving for 3 months.
                    "If I have to step on everyone just to get to the top, then I will...I just hope my heel doesn't get stuck in some fat guy." Someone you've never heard of

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                      Originally posted by Tiara the Ice Queen View Post
                      nice pictures. I live in the middle of no where and the clothing stores sell crap. I have to drive 40 miles just to get to the shopping!

                      I forgot to mention my parents won't let me drive there because I've only been driving for 3 months.

                      We have really awesome independent shops here as well as two large malls. I prefer thirft shopping.


                      Has anyone heard of the Trailer Park Boys? One of the girls from that show owns the most awesome vintage store around.

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                        Re: Where I'm from (lots of pictures)

                        Originally posted by Lansing, MI
                        Gwommy and I found a geocache near there.

                        Here is Portland, Michigan:



                        This bridge was in Playboy magazine when one of the locals showed her stuff.



                        YAY! FARMER'S MARKET!!!



                        The clock at the intersection of Kent(Main) Street and Bridge Street.
                        Lil' Bean is here!

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                          Originally posted by Porkchop View Post
                          Sir Sanford Flemming Park memorial tower:
                          Is that where FATE lives?

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                            Originally posted by Kefka Jr. View Post
                            Is that where FATE lives?
                            I'm not sure if fate lives there but I'm pretty sure every child born in Halifax, at the age of 10 or so, sits on one of the big brass lions and has his/her picture taken. I remember doing this hundreds of times during my childhood and always being scared to climb back down off the lion. I also once puked off the top of the tower after eating KFC and running up the hundreds of stairs in that place too quickly because I was scared of the "ghosts".

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                              Where I live it's tradition to throw the elderly over Niagara Falls when they're no longer any good to anyone.

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