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The Toothy Moose

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Canada’s National Dish

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The 1917 explosion of a munitions ship was a defining moment for Halifax. It was a tragic and disastrous event that also produced its share of folklore, such as babies who survived flight through the air by landing in trees. Many of these are too fanciful to be true, but St. Paul’s Church, the oldest building in town, bears the scars to prove its incredible tales.

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The church, founded in 1749, was several miles from the explosion, but the blast traveled at a pace of 3,300 feet in a single second. It was the largest man-made explosion of all time before the atom bomb, and its effects were felt as far away as Prince Edward Island; needless to say, Halifax was devastated. St. Paul’s windows were blown out, and a piece of window frame remains embedded in the entryway with a plaque that reads, “A Relic of the Explosion.”

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The face in the window is the most mysterious artifact from the disaster though. As the story goes, at the moment of the explosion the deacon was standing directly parallel to a window facing the Narrows. The intense heat of the explosion etched his profile on the glass for all time (no word on what happened to the clergyman himself). Another more macabre version tells that a sailor’s decapitated head flew through the window with such force that it made a clean incision through the glass.

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Some of the local art work…

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St Mary's Cathedral Basilica is a Roman Catholic Parish Church in Halifax.

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It was built from 1836 to 1839 and appears to be under-going refurbishment.

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On October 18, 1863, a storm caused part of the church to collapse.

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There was some nice stained glass art work here.

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The final resting place of 121 victims of the RMS Titanic, 42 of which may never be identified.

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Halifax Art…What is it?   

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Riding the wave in back to a restaurant for excellent meal and calling it a night.

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With a good book…       

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Great pics, looks like you had a good time and saw some interesting sites.