Dartmouth, Nova Scotia - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Dartmouth founded in 1750, is a community and planning area of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

. Located on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour

Halifax Harbour

Halifax Harbour is a large natural harbour on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, located in the Halifax Regional Municipality.-Harbour description:The harbour is called Jipugtug by the Mi'kmaq first nation, anglisized as Chebucto...

, Dartmouth has been nicknamed the City of Lakes after the large number of lakes located in the city.

On April 1, 1996, the provincial government amalgamated all the municipalities within the boundaries of Halifax County into a single-tier regional government named Halifax Regional Municipality

Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia

Halifax Regional Municipality is the capital of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The Regional Municipality had a 2006 census population of 372,679, while the metropolitan area had a 2010 estimated population of 403,188, and the urban area of Halifax had a population of 282,924...

(HRM). While Dartmouth and its neighbouring city of Halifax, the town of Bedford

Bedford, Nova Scotia

Bedford is a community in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. It was an independent town from 1980-1996. Bedford lies on the northwestern end of Bedford Basin, an extension of the Halifax Harbour...

and the Municipality of the County of Halifax were dissolved at this time, the former city forms part of the urban core of the larger regional municipality and is officially labelled the "capital district" by the HRM government. At the time that the City of Dartmouth was dissolved, the provincial government altered its status to a separate community to Halifax however its status as part of the metropolitan "Halifax" urban core existed prior to municipal reorganisation in 1996. Dartmouth is still the geographic name that is used by all levels of government for map

Map

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ping, 9-1-1

9-1-1

9-1-1 is the emergency telephone number for the North American Numbering Plan .It is one of eight N11 codes.The use of this number is for emergency circumstances only, and to use it for any other purpose can be a crime.-History:In the earliest days of telephone technology, prior to the...

, planning, and is recognised by the Halifax Regional Municipality as a place-name for civic addressing. The official place name did not change due to the confusion with similar street names and planning set out by the "City of Dartmouth" and public pressure. Today the same development planning for Downtown Dartmouth and the rest of the community is still in force as well as specific bylaws created prior to April 1, 1996.

History

Father Le Loutre's War

Father Le Loutre’s War , also known as the Indian War, the Micmac War and the Anglo-Micmac War, took place between King George's War and the French and Indian War in Acadia and Nova Scotia. On one side of the conflict, the British and New England colonists were led by British Officer Charles...

began when Edward Cornwallis

Edward Cornwallis

Lieutenant General Edward Cornwallis was a British military officer who founded Halifax, Nova Scotia with 2500 settlers and later served as the Governor of Gibraltar.-Early life:...

arrived to establish Halifax

City of Halifax

Halifax is a city in Canada, which was the capital of the province of Nova Scotia and shire town of Halifax County. It was the largest city in Atlantic Canada until it was amalgamated into Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996...

with 13 transports on June 21, 1749. By unilaterally establishing Halifax, the British were violating earlier treaties with the Mi'kmaq (1726), which were signed after Dummer's War

Dummer's War

Dummer's War , also known as Lovewell's War, Father Rale's War, Greylock's War, the Three Years War, the 4th Indian War or the Wabanaki-New England War of 1722–1725, was a series of battles between British settlers of the three northernmost British colonies of North America of the time and the...

. The British quickly began to build other settlements. To guard against Mi'kmaq, Acadian and French attacks on the new Protestant settlements, British fortifications were erected in Halifax (1749), Dartmouth (1750), Bedford

Bedford, Nova Scotia

(Fort Sackville) (1751), Lunenburg

Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

Lunenburg , is a Canadian port town in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia.Situated on the province's South Shore, Lunenburg is located on a peninsula at the western side of Mahone Bay. The town is approximately 90 kilometres southwest of the county boundary with the Halifax Regional Municipality.The...

(1753) and Lawrencetown

Lawrencetown, Halifax County, Nova Scotia

Lawrencetown is a Canadian rural community in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality on Route 207. The settlement was established during Father Le Loutre's War.- History :...

(1754).

In 1750, the sailing ship Alderney arrived with 151 immigrants. Municipal officials at Halifax decided that these new arrivals should be settled on the eastern side of Halifax Harbour

Halifax Harbour

. During the early years, there were 8 Acadian and Mi'kmaq raids on the new British settlement, such as the Raid on Dartmouth (1751)

Raid on Dartmouth (1751)

The Raid on Dartmouth occurred during Father Le Loutre’s War on May 13, 1751 when an Acadian and Mi’kmaq militia from Chignecto, under the command of Acadian Joseph Broussard, raided Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, destroying the town and killing twenty British villagers...

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The original settlement was made in an area known to the Mi'kmaq as "Boonamoogwaddy" or "Tomcod Ground". The community was later given the English name of Dartmouth in honour of William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth

William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth

William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth , only son of George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth, succeeded to his father's barony in 1691. In 1702 he was appointed a member of the Board of Trade and Plantations, and eight years later he became Secretary of State for the Southern Department and joint keeper of...

who was a former Secretary of State

Secretary of State for the Southern Department

The Secretary of State for the Southern Department was a position in the cabinet of the government of Kingdom of Great Britain up to 1782.Before 1782, the responsibilities of the two British Secretaries of State were divided not based on the principles of modern ministerial divisions, but...

. By 1752, 53 families consisting of 193 people lived in the community.

In 1873, Dartmouth was incorporated as a town

Town

A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...

and a Town Hall was established in 1877. In 1955, the town was permanently linked to Halifax by the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge

Angus L. Macdonald Bridge

The Angus L. Macdonald Bridge, locally known as "the old bridge", is a suspension bridge crossing Halifax Harbour in Nova Scotia, Canada; it opened on April 2, 1955....

which led to rapid suburban growth. The Town of Dartmouth amalgamated with several neighbouring villages into the City of Dartmouth in 1961. The A. Murray MacKay Bridge

A. Murray MacKay Bridge

The A. Murray MacKay Bridge locally known as "the new bridge" is the second suspension bridge linking the Halifax Peninsula with Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and opened on July 10, 1970....

opened in 1970, furthering commercial and residential growth.

The city was dissolved on April 1, 1996, when its government was amalgamated into the Halifax Regional Municipality

Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia

Municipal government

Dartmouth is represented municipally in Halifax Regional Council

Halifax Regional Council

Halifax Regional Council is the governing body for the Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia.In April 1996, the councils for the City of Halifax, the City of Dartmouth, Town of Bedford, and Municipality of the County of Halifax were dissolved when those municipalities were amalgamated into...

by the following districts:

District 5 - Dartmouth Centre
Downtown Dartmouth
Downtown Dartmouth is the main business, banking and government office core of the Dartmouth area of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia...
District 6 - East Dartmouth - The Lakes
District 7 - Portland
Portland Estates, Nova Scotia
Portland Estates, as well as more recent Portland Hills is a community nestled in the eastern part of Dartmouth in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. It reaches from Eisener Blvd. in the west, all the way to Portland Hills in the east, and is located to the south of Portland Street...

- Woodlawn
Woodlawn, Nova Scotia
Woodlawn is an area of eastern Dartmouth, Nova Scotia in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia that is mainly residential and retail. It is situated within an area with Highway 111 on the west, Portland Street on the east and Main Street on the North side...
District 8 - Woodside
Woodside, Nova Scotia
Woodside is an unincorporated lower to middle income urban community of Dartmouth, within the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. The community is divided into North Woodside and South Woodside. Woodside is home to two hospitals: the Dartmouth General Hospital and the Nova Scotia...

- Eastern Passage
Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia
Eastern Passage is a Canadian urban community in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality.Located at the southeastern edge of Halifax Harbour, fronting the Atlantic Ocean, Eastern Passage derives its name from the narrow strait separating the mainland from McNabs Island and Lawlor Island, both...
District 9 - Albro Lake
Albro Lake, Nova Scotia
Albro Lake is a neighbourhood in the north end of the community of Dartmouth in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality.Albro Lake takes its name from the shallow freshwater lake of the same name. The lake was named after Samuel Albro, who first settled in the area in the 1740s with a group of...

- Harbourview
Harbourview, Nova Scotia
Harbourview is a predominantly residential neighbourhood in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Located in central Dartmouth, it abuts the HRM Capital District and overlooks Halifax Harbour. The community is dominated by the Angus L...

The HRM community council for Dartmouth is the Harbour East Community Council and community council meetings are held in the council chamber of the Halifax Regional School Board

Halifax Regional School Board

The Halifax Regional School Board is the public school board responsible for 137 elementary, junior high, and high schools located within the Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada. The current Superintendent of the HRSB is Carole Olsen, who has held the position since 2002...

building (formerly the Dartmouth City Hall) on the first Thursday of every month

Month

A month is a unit of time, used with calendars, which was first used and invented in Mesopotamia, as a natural period related to the motion of the Moon; month and Moon are cognates. The traditional concept arose with the cycle of moon phases; such months are synodic months and last approximately...

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Residents of Dartmouth are known as Dartmouthians. As a community, Dartmouth has often tended to distinguish itself from the community and former city of Halifax, even under the present municipal amalgamation.
Dartmouth is also the Halifax Regional Municipality's Public Works Eastern Region.

Economy

The city was not only a bedroom community for Halifax but also had commerce and industries of its own, including the Volvo Halifax Assembly

Volvo Halifax Assembly

The Volvo Halifax Assembly Plant located in Halifax, Nova Scotia was opened on 11 June 1963 by H.R.H Prince Bertil. It was the only North American assembly plant Volvo ever opened. Volvo decided to open to the plant to bypass hefty North American import tariffs on foreign goods and to capitalize...

plant and a molasses

Molasses

Molasses is a viscous by-product of the processing of sugar cane, grapes or sugar beets into sugar. The word molasses comes from the Portuguese word melaço, which ultimately comes from mel, the Latin word for "honey". The quality of molasses depends on the maturity of the sugar cane or sugar beet,...

plant dating back to the days of the "triangular trade" with the West Indies.

Transportation

Dartmouth is linked to Halifax by the oldest continuously operating salt water ferry service in North America with the first crossing having taken place in 1752. Early ferries were powered by horses, which were replaced with steam engines in 1830. During the early 20th century, ferries shuttled pedestrians and vehicles between the downtown areas of Halifax and Dartmouth. A railway trestle

Rail transport

Rail transport is a means of conveyance of passengers and goods by way of wheeled vehicles running on rail tracks. In contrast to road transport, where vehicles merely run on a prepared surface, rail vehicles are also directionally guided by the tracks they run on...

was built across Halifax Harbour in the late 19th century to bring rail service to Dartmouth however it was destroyed by a storm, requiring the present railway connection built around Bedford Basin

Bedford Basin

Bedford Basin is a large enclosed bay, forming the northwestern end of Halifax Harbour on Canada's Atlantic coast.-Geography:Geographically, the basin is situated entirely within the Halifax Regional Municipality and is oriented northwest-southeast, measuring approximately 8 kilometres long and 5...

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During the early 1950s, construction began on the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge

Angus L. Macdonald Bridge

The Angus L. Macdonald Bridge, locally known as "the old bridge", is a suspension bridge crossing Halifax Harbour in Nova Scotia, Canada; it opened on April 2, 1955....

, a suspension bridge

Suspension bridge

A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck is hung below suspension cables on vertical suspenders. Outside Tibet and Bhutan, where the first examples of this type of bridge were built in the 15th century, this type of bridge dates from the early 19th century...

crossing Halifax Harbour. It opened in 1955, ushering in an unprecedented development boom in Dartmouth. New subdivision

Subdivision (land)

Subdivision is the act of dividing land into pieces that are easier to sell or otherwise develop, usually via a plat. The former single piece as a whole is then known in the United States as a subdivision...

s, shopping centres, office buildings and industrial park

Industrial park

An industrial park is an area zoned and planned for the purpose of industrial development...

s have been built in recent decades. A second bridge, the A. Murray MacKay Bridge

A. Murray MacKay Bridge

The A. Murray MacKay Bridge locally known as "the new bridge" is the second suspension bridge linking the Halifax Peninsula with Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and opened on July 10, 1970....

was opened in 1970 and the Highway 111

Nova Scotia Highway 111

Highway 111 is a 13-kilometre controlled access freeway in Nova Scotia, Canada.Highway 111 varies from 4-12 lanes and is known informally as the Dartmouth "Circumferential Highway", or, more recently, "The Circ", since it is a partial orbital road. The highway runs from Pleasant Street in the...

Circumferential Highway was built around Dartmouth to Woodside at this time.

Communications

The first three digits of the postal code
Postal code
A postal code is a series of letters and/or digits appended to a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail. Once postal codes were introduced, other applications became possible.In February 2005, 117 of the 190 member countries of the Universal Postal Union had postal code systems...

s are B2V, B2W, B2X, B2Y, B3A, B3B

The telephone exchange
Telephone exchange
In the field of telecommunications, a telephone exchange or telephone switch is a system of electronic components that connects telephone calls...

s are 902
Area code 902
Area code 902 is the telephone area code in the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, encompassing both provinces. The 902 area code was established in 1947 for all three Maritime provinces, with Newfoundland added shortly after it joined Canada; New Brunswick, along with...

: 462, 463, 433, 434, 435, 461, 464, 465, 466, 468, 469 - Aliant
Aliant
Bell Aliant Inc. is a communications company providing services in various areas throughout eastern Canada, as Bell Aliant throughout Atlantic Canada, and under the NorthernTel, and Télébec brands in rural areas of Ontario and Quebec....

; 404, 407, 431, 444, 446, 478, 497, 225, 229 - Eastlink; 401, 402, 405, 406, 412, 441, 449 - Rogers Wireless
Rogers Wireless
Rogers Wireless is a wireless telecommunications provider offering mobile phone and data services throughout Canada using Global System for Mobile Communications and Universal Mobile Telecommunications System technology. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rogers Communications...

; 209, 802, 830, 877 - Telus
TELUS
Telus is a national telecommunications company in Canada that provides a wide range of telecommunications products and services including internet access, voice, entertainment, video, and satellite television. The company is based in Burnaby, British Columbia, part of Greater Vancouver...

Internet: Cable
Cable modem
A cable modem is a type of network bridge and modem that provides bi-directional data communication via radio frequency channels on a HFC and RFoG infrastructure. Cable modems are primarily used to deliver broadband Internet access in the form of cable Internet, taking advantage of the high...

- Eastlink; DSL - Aliant
Aliant
Bell Aliant Inc. is a communications company providing services in various areas throughout eastern Canada, as Bell Aliant throughout Atlantic Canada, and under the NorthernTel, and Télébec brands in rural areas of Ontario and Quebec....
Cable TV - Eastlink, Aliant
Aliant
Bell Aliant Inc. is a communications company providing services in various areas throughout eastern Canada, as Bell Aliant throughout Atlantic Canada, and under the NorthernTel, and Télébec brands in rural areas of Ontario and Quebec....

Natal Day

Dartmouthians have celebrated a civic holiday known as "Natal Day" since August 1895. The concept originated as a means to celebrate the arrival of the railway, but construction of the railway tracks was incomplete on the appointed day. Since all the preparations for the festivities were ready, organisers decided to go ahead with a celebration of the municipality's birthday instead.

In 1941, the Dartmouth Natal Committee decided to erect a cairn in honour of the spirit and courage of the first settlers to Dartmouth's shore. It is situated in Leighton Dillman Park, part of the common lands left to the community by the Quakers, and it overlooks the harbour where the first settlers built their homes. The monument stands three meters high and is constructed from rocks gathered on Martinique Beach. A plaque in front of the cairn is inscribed and describes the arrival of the Alderney "on August 12, 1750 with 353 settlers."

Geography

Neighbourhoods of Dartmouth include:

Albro Lake
Albro Lake, Nova Scotia
Albro Lake is a neighbourhood in the north end of the community of Dartmouth in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality.Albro Lake takes its name from the shallow freshwater lake of the same name. The lake was named after Samuel Albro, who first settled in the area in the 1740s with a group of...
Bel Ayr Park
Brightwood
Brightwood, Nova Scotia
Brightwood is a lower to upper middle income neighbourhood in Dartmouth, and part of District 9 of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia....
Burnside
Burnside, Nova Scotia
Burnside is a Canadian urban neighbourhood located along the northeast shore of Bedford Basin in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality.Officially still termed a dispersed rural community, Burnside has been the location of a major concentration of industry and commercial development since the...
Commodore Park
Commodore Park, Nova Scotia
Commodore Park is a mostly residential neighbourhood in the Dartmouth community of Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. It is located in the east end of Dartmouth in the Woodlawn area. Prince Andrew High School is located within this area....
Cranberry
Crichton Park
Crichton Park, Nova Scotia
Crichton Park is a mostly residential neighbourhood in the Dartmouth area of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. It is located in the north end of Dartmouth close to the Macdonald and MacKay bridges, Brightwood Golf and Country Club, Mic Mac Mall and Lake Banook.In January 2004,...
Crystal Heights
Dartmouth Crossing
Dartmouth Crossing
Dartmouth Crossing is a commercial real estate development currently under construction in Dartmouth, a part of Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.-Background:...
Downtown Dartmouth
Downtown Dartmouth
Downtown Dartmouth is the main business, banking and government office core of the Dartmouth area of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia...
Ellenvale
Ellenvale, Nova Scotia
Ellenvale is a mostly residential neighbourhood in the Dartmouth area of Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. It is located in the east end of Dartmouth in the Woodlawn area.-Schools:*Brookhouse Elementary School*Ellenvale Junior High School...
Grahams Corner
Grahams Corner, Nova Scotia
Grahams Corner is a mostly residential neighbourhood in located on the eastern shore of Lake Banook in Dartmouth area of Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia.-Schools:*Mary Lawson Elementary...
Greenough Settlement
Greenough Settlement, Nova Scotia
Greenough Settlement is a mostly-residential neighbourhood in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. It is located in the east end of Dartmouth in the Woodlawn area....
Harbourview
Harbourview, Nova Scotia
Harbourview is a predominantly residential neighbourhood in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Located in central Dartmouth, it abuts the HRM Capital District and overlooks Halifax Harbour. The community is dominated by the Angus L...
Highfield Park
Highfield Park, Nova Scotia
Highfield Park is a neighbourhood located in the north end of the community of Dartmouth in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality.Highfield Park is located in the larger neighbourhood of Albro Lake and is situated on the former site of the Royal Canadian Navy's Naval Radio Station Albro Lake...
Imperoyal
Imperoyal, Nova Scotia
Imperoyal is a small neighbourhood on the eastern side of Halifax Harbour in the community of Dartmouth Nova Scotia . The area is mostly taken up by the Imperial Oil Refinery and by petroleum storage and transfer facility owned by Irving Oil Limited...
Manor Park
Manor Park, Nova Scotia
Manor Park is an upper middle-class neighbourhood of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. The main entrance to the neighbourhood is from the east on Portland Street . A secondary entrance, from the west, is by way of Celtic Drive, rising from the low-lying area around Lake Banook.Within this...
Montebello
Nantucket
Nantucket, Nova Scotia
Nantucket is an upper middle income residential neighbourhood in the Woodlawn area in the community of Dartmouth within the Halifax Regional Municipality Nova Scotia. The area was built in early 1970s across Portland Street from Portland Estates. It was named after the Nantucket Whaling Company...
Notting Park
Port Wallace
Port Wallace, Nova Scotia
Port Wallace is a Canadian urban community in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality.It is located on the northeastern edge of the former city of Dartmouth and lies mid-way between Lake Micmac and Lake Charles....
Portland Estates
Portland Estates, Nova Scotia
Portland Estates, as well as more recent Portland Hills is a community nestled in the eastern part of Dartmouth in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. It reaches from Eisener Blvd. in the west, all the way to Portland Hills in the east, and is located to the south of Portland Street...
Portland Hills
Portland Hills, Nova Scotia
Portland Hills is a neighbourhood in Dartmouth Nova Scotia that is part of the Halifax Regional Municipality that is located east of Lake Morris and Portland Estates. It is an extension of the community of Portland Estates along Portland Street . One of the municipality's new bus rapid transit...
Russell Lake West
Russell Lake West, Nova Scotia
Russell Lake West is a planned residential community and commercial development in the eastern part of the city of Dartmouth in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia...
Shannon Park
Shannon Park, Nova Scotia
Shannon Park is a former military community on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour in the Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is immediately south of the A. Murray MacKay Bridge in the city of Dartmouth...
Southdale
Southdale, Nova Scotia
Southdale is a neighbourhood located between the neighbourhoods of Woodside and Manor Park in the community of Dartmouth, in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. The primary street is Portland Street which forms part of Route 207. A small lake called Maynard Lake is located within ...
Sunnyvale Trailer Park
Tam O'Shanter Ridge
Tam O'Shanter Ridge, Nova Scotia
Millers Mountain is a middle class subdivision in the community of Dartmouth Nova Scotia between Port Wallace and Westphal . The subdivision is built on top of a ridge that drops down next to Red Bridge Pond and extends to Caledonia Road ....
Tuft's Cove
Wallace Heights
Wallace Heights, Nova Scotia
Wallace Heights is a Canadian urban neighbourhood in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality.Wallace Heights is situated immediately north of Shannon Hill at the southern end of the Bedford Basin, around the northern side of the MacKay bridge in the former city of Dartmouth...
Westphal
Westphal, Nova Scotia
Westphal, is a mainly residential area in Dartmouth Nova Scotia. The area is bound by Port Wallis in the north, Waverley Road in the west, Lake Major Road in the east and Main Street in the south...
Wildwood Lake
Woodlawn
Woodlawn, Nova Scotia
Woodlawn is an area of eastern Dartmouth, Nova Scotia in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia that is mainly residential and retail. It is situated within an area with Highway 111 on the west, Portland Street on the east and Main Street on the North side...
Woodside
Woodside, Nova Scotia
Woodside is an unincorporated lower to middle income urban community of Dartmouth, within the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. The community is divided into North Woodside and South Woodside. Woodside is home to two hospitals: the Dartmouth General Hospital and the Nova Scotia...

The oldest structure in Dartmouth is the house of William Ray, one of the whalers. It is located at 59 Ochterloney Street and is believed to have been built around 1785 or 1786. Today it is a museum, furnished as a typical modest dwelling of a merchant of that time.

Dartmouth's first city hall was built in the early 1960s on land with the Dartmouth Common. On May 4, 2007, a Halifax Regional Municipality news releases stated that the building was to be demolished. The land has since been restored to parkland. http://halifax.ca/mediaroom/pressrelease/pr2007/070504dartmouthmuseum.html

Military

Dartmouth has been home to several Canadian Forces

Canadian Forces

The Canadian Forces , officially the Canadian Armed Forces , are the unified armed forces of Canada, as constituted by the National Defence Act, which states: "The Canadian Forces are the armed forces of Her Majesty raised by Canada and consist of one Service called the Canadian Armed Forces."...

installations:

CFB Shearwater
CFB Shearwater
Canadian Forces Base Shearwater , commonly referred to as CFB Shearwater, was a Canadian Forces Base located in Shearwater, Nova Scotia on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour in the Halifax Regional Municipality....

, located on the southern border of Dartmouth is an air force base, formerly known as Naval Air Station Halifax
Naval Air Station Halifax
The Naval Air Station Halifax, also NAS Halifax, was a United States Navy Naval Air Station located in Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia, Canada.NAS Halifax was established in 1918 in the months following the United States' entry into World War I...

, RCAF Station Dartmouth, RCAF Station Shearwater, HMCS Shearwater, and RCNAS Shearwater.
HMC Naval Radio Station Albro Lake
Albro Lake, Nova Scotia
Albro Lake is a neighbourhood in the north end of the community of Dartmouth in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality.Albro Lake takes its name from the shallow freshwater lake of the same name. The lake was named after Samuel Albro, who first settled in the area in the 1740s with a group of...

, a radio transmitter/receiver facility.
CFB Halifax
CFB Halifax
Canadian Forces Base Halifax is Canada's east coast navy base and home port to the Atlantic fleet, known as Maritime Forces Atlantic....

adjunct, an area on the Dartmouth waterfront opposite HMC Dockyard.
Wallace Heights
Wallace Heights, Nova Scotia
Wallace Heights is a Canadian urban neighbourhood in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality.Wallace Heights is situated immediately north of Shannon Hill at the southern end of the Bedford Basin, around the northern side of the MacKay bridge in the former city of Dartmouth...

, a former military housing area in north-end Dartmouth
Shannon Park
Shannon Park, Nova Scotia
Shannon Park is a former military community on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour in the Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is immediately south of the A. Murray MacKay Bridge in the city of Dartmouth...

, unused military housing area in north-end Dartmouth.
Canadian Forces Ammunition Depot Bedford, a munitions magazine for Maritime Forces Atlantic
Canadian Forces Maritime Command
The Royal Canadian Navy , is the naval force of Canada. The RCN is one of three environmental commands within the unified Canadian Forces. Operating 33 warships and several auxiliary vessels, the Royal Canadian Navy consists of 8,500 Regular Force and 5,100 Primary Reserve sailors, supported by...

, located on the border between Dartmouth and Bedford
Bedford, Nova Scotia
Bedford is a community in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. It was an independent town from 1980-1996. Bedford lies on the northwestern end of Bedford Basin, an extension of the Halifax Harbour...

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Famous Dartmouthians

1930s Hollywood starlet Ruby Keeler
Ruby Keeler
Ruby Keeler, born Ethel Hilda Keeler, was an actress, singer, and dancer most famous for her on-screen coupling with Dick Powell in a string of successful early musicals at Warner Brothers, particularly 42nd Street . From 1928 to 1940, she was married to singer Al Jolson...

was born in Dartmouth.
Acclaimed playwright Wendy Lill
Wendy Lill
Wendy Lill is an award-winning Canadian playwright, screenwriter and radio dramatist who served as an NDP Member of Parliament from 1997 to 2004. Her stage plays have been performed extensively in theatres across Canada as well as internationally in such countries as Scotland, Denmark and Germany...

represented Dartmouth as a two-term New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party
The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...

Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

in the House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...

in Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

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Matt Mays
Matt Mays
Matt Mays is a Canadian singer-songwriter and was the lead singer of Matt Mays & El Torpedo, a rock music group based in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia and New York City. Previously, Mays was a member of a Canadian indie band The Guthries...

, a Canadian singer, is from Cole Harbour
Cole Harbour
Cole Harbour is the name for a natural harbour located in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.It is located in central Halifax County, with the mouth of the harbour located 6 kilometres northeast of Halifax Harbour....

and wrote the song "City of Lakes" as a tribute to Dartmouth.
Joel Plaskett
Joel Plaskett
Joel Plaskett is a Canadian rock musician originally from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. He grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia and now resides across the harbour in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia...

, a Canadian indie rock musician, lives in Dartmouth. Has a recording studio located in Dartmouth.
National Hockey League
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...

(NHL) referee Don Koharski
Don Koharski
Don Koharski is a retired professional ice hockey referee in the National Hockey League. He currently resides in Tampa, Florida, with his wife, together with whom he has two sons...

is a Dartmouth native.
Former NHL bruiser Hilliard Graves
Hilliard Graves
Hilliard Donald Graves is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 556 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the California Golden Seals, Atlanta Flames, Vancouver Canucks, and Winnipeg Jets. During his career he was known for having a devastating hip check.- External...

(California Golden Seals
California Golden Seals
The California Golden Seals were a team in the National Hockey League from 1967–76. Initially named California Seals, the team was renamed Oakland Seals part-way through the 1967–68 season, and then to California Golden Seals in 1970. The Seals were one of six teams added to the league as part of...

) hails from Dartmouth.
Former Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

pitcher Vince Horsman
Vince Horsman
Vincent Stanley Joseph Horsman , is a retired left-handed relief pitcher who spent five seasons in Major League Baseball with the Toronto Blue Jays , Oakland Athletics and Minnesota Twins . He has been the pitching coach for the Lansing Lugnuts since 2009.-External links:*...

(Oakland A's) is from Dartmouth.
NHL goaltender Olaf Kolzig
Olaf Kölzig
Olaf Kölzig is a retired German professional ice hockey goaltender and associate goalie coach for the Washington Capitals. With the exception of 8 games with the Tampa Bay Lightning, he played his entire 14 year career with the Capitals...

(Washington Capitals
Washington Capitals
The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Since their founding in 1974, "The Caps" have won one conference championship to reach the 1998 Stanley Cup...

) played his midget league minor hockey in Dartmouth.
Cutting Crew guitarist Kevin Macmichael
Kevin MacMichael
Kevin Scott MacMichael was a Canadian guitarist, songwriter and record producer, best known for being a member of the 1980s English based pop-rock band, Cutting Crew, who had a number-one hit in 1987 with " Died in Your Arms"...

attended Dartmouth High School and called Dartmouth home
Robb Wells
Robb Wells
Robb Wells is a Canadian actor and screenwriter who portrayed Ricky on Trailer Park Boys.-Early life:Wells was born in Moncton, New Brunswick and moved to Dartmouth, Nova Scotia when he was eight years old...

and several other Trailer Park Boys
Trailer Park Boys
Trailer Park Boys is a Canadian comedy mockumentary television series created and directed by Mike Clattenburg that focuses on the misadventures of a group of trailer park residents, some of whom are ex-convicts, living in the fictional Sunnyvale Trailer Park in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The...

performers.
Jason Eisener director of Hobo With A Shotgun was born in Dartmouth
Andrew Russell
Andrew Russell (canoer)
Andrew Russell is a Canadian sprint canoer who has paddled since he was a young boy, along side his four brothers at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia's Banook Canoe Club...

Olympic sprint canoeist

Symbols

Dartmouth is nicknamed "The City of Lakes". Boasting 23 lakes within its boundaries, Dartmouthians take special pride in the chain of lakes within its boundaries that form part of the Shubenacadie Canal
Shubenacadie Canal
The Shubenacadie Canal is a Canadian canal in central Nova Scotia, linking Halifax Harbour with Shubenacadie Grand Lake which drains into the Bay of Fundy by way of the Shubenacadie River. Currently small craft use the river and lakes, but no locks are fully operational...

. Most famous amongst these is Lake Banook
Lake Banook
Lake Banook is a freshwater lake located in Dartmouth within the Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is home to three sprint canoe and kayak clubs, two rowing clubs, and has a claim to be the birthplace of ice hockey.-Location:...

, which provides an excellent location for recreation as well as attractive vistas. Dartmouth's most historic body of water is the artificial Sullivan's Pond
Sullivan's Pond
Sullivan's Pond is a small artificial lake located in the community of Dartmouth in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality.The pond is located a half kilometre northeast of Halifax Harbour at Dartmouth Cove as part of the Shubenacadie Canal system...

, located north-east of the downtown area on Ochterloney Street. It was dug in the 1830s as part of the Shubenacadie Canal
Shubenacadie Canal
The Shubenacadie Canal is a Canadian canal in central Nova Scotia, linking Halifax Harbour with Shubenacadie Grand Lake which drains into the Bay of Fundy by way of the Shubenacadie River. Currently small craft use the river and lakes, but no locks are fully operational...

to connect Halifax Harbour with Cobequid Bay
Cobequid Bay
Cobequid Bay is an inlet of the Bay of Fundy and the easternmost part of the Minas Basin, located in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. The bay was carved by rivers flowing into the eastern end of the Bay of Fundy....

on the Bay of Fundy
Bay of Fundy
The Bay of Fundy is a bay on the Atlantic coast of North America, on the northeast end of the Gulf of Maine between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with a small portion touching the U.S. state of Maine...

.

Dartmouth was Halifax
City of Halifax
Halifax is a city in Canada, which was the capital of the province of Nova Scotia and shire town of Halifax County. It was the largest city in Atlantic Canada until it was amalgamated into Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996...

's sister city. Halifax's city flower is the broad-chested rose
Rose
A rose is a woody perennial of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae. There are over 100 species. They form a group of erect shrubs, and climbing or trailing plants, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers are large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows...

. Dartmouth's city flower is the orchid.

Culture

The television show Trailer Park Boys
Trailer Park Boys
Trailer Park Boys is a Canadian comedy mockumentary television series created and directed by Mike Clattenburg that focuses on the misadventures of a group of trailer park residents, some of whom are ex-convicts, living in the fictional Sunnyvale Trailer Park in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The...

is set in a fictional Dartmouth trailer park and filmed in Dartmouth and its environs. The show features actors (such as Robb Wells
Robb Wells
Robb Wells is a Canadian actor and screenwriter who portrayed Ricky on Trailer Park Boys.-Early life:Wells was born in Moncton, New Brunswick and moved to Dartmouth, Nova Scotia when he was eight years old...

) and writers from Dartmouth. A documentary film about the creation and production of the Trailer Park Boys
Trailer Park Boys
Trailer Park Boys is a Canadian comedy mockumentary television series created and directed by Mike Clattenburg that focuses on the misadventures of a group of trailer park residents, some of whom are ex-convicts, living in the fictional Sunnyvale Trailer Park in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The...

series is entitled Hearts of Dartmouth.

The community hosted to the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in 1997
1997 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 1997 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada on Lake Banook.The men's competition consisted of nine Canadian and nine kayak events. Eight events were held for the women, all in kayak...

and 2009
2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 2009 International Canoe Federation Canoe Sprint World Championships were held 12–16 August 2009 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, on Lake Banook. The Canadian city was selected to host the championships in October 2003 after having done so previously in 1997...

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