Spring Garden Road, Halifax
The Spring Garden Road area, along with Barrington Street is a major commercial and cultural district in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
The Spring Garden Road area, along with Barrington Street is a major commercial and cultural district in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It acquired its name from the fresh water spring that flows directly beneath it. It comprises Spring Garden Road, South Park Street, and a number of smaller side streets. The area is considered to be one of the trendiest areas in Halifax and is the busiest shopping district east of Quebec.
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Worth seeing in and around Spring Garden Road, Halifax
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Dalhousie University
Dalhousie University is a large public research university in Nova Scotia, Canada, with three campuses in Halifax, a fourth in Bible Hill, and two satellite medical school campuses, in Saint John, New Brunswick and in Cape Breton. Dalhousie offers over 200 degree programs in 13 undergraduate, graduate, and professional faculties.
1.2 km · public research university in Nova Scotia, Canada · Wikipedia - 02University of King's College
The University of King's College is a public liberal arts university in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Established in 1789, it is the oldest chartered university in Canada, and the oldest English-language university in the Commonwealth outside the United Kingdom.
1.5 km · oldest chartered university in Canada, in Halifax, Nova Scotia · Wikipedia - 03Saint Mary's University
Saint Mary's University is a public university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The school is best known for having nationally leading programs in business and chemistry.
1.2 km · university in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada · Wikipedia - 04St. Mary's Basilica
St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica is a Gothic Revival Catholic cathedral located in the downtown core of Halifax, the capital of Nova Scotia.
500 m · church in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada · Wikipedia - 05Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia is a public provincial art museum based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The art museum's primary building complex is located in downtown Halifax and takes up approximately 6,200 square metres of space.
800 m · art museum in Nova Scotia, Canada · Wikipedia - 06Fairview Cemetery
Fairview Cemetery is a cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is perhaps best known as the final resting place for over one hundred victims of the sinking of the Titanic.
4 km · cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada · Wikipedia - 07Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is a maritime museum located in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The museum is a member institution of the Nova Scotia Museum and is the oldest and largest maritime museum in Canada with a collection of over 30,000 artifacts including 70 small craft and a steamship: the CSS Acadia, a 180-foot steam-powered hydrographic survey ship launched in 1913.
800 m · maritime museum in Nova Scotia, Canada · Wikipedia - 08Halifax City Hall
Halifax City Hall is the home of municipal government in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Designed by architect Edward Elliot, and constructed for the City of Halifax between 1887 and 1890, it is one of the oldest and largest public buildings in Nova Scotia.
700 m · city hall in Halifax, Nova Scotia · Wikipedia - 09St. Paul's Church
St. Paul's Church is a historically evangelical Anglican church in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, within the Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island of the Anglican Church of Canada.
600 m · Anglican church in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada · Wikipedia - 10Halifax Town Clock
The Halifax Town Clock, sometimes called the Old Town Clock, is a historic clock tower located at Citadel Hill in the urban core of Halifax, the capital city of Nova Scotia. Built in October 1803 under the direction of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, the clock has been in operation since 20 October 1803, stopping once during the Halifax Explosion.
500 m · landmark in Halifax, Nova Scotia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Spring Garden Road, Halifax
- Airports
- Halifax / Stanfield (YHZ), 27 km
- Stations
- Georges Island, 1.5 km · Halifax Harbour, 3.4 km · Halifax railway station, 900 m · Angus L. Macdonald Bridge, 2.4 km · Port of Halifax, 1 km
- Quebec → Spring Garden Road, Halifax639 km · quickest by air, 7h 26m · C$200–310
- Montréal → Spring Garden Road, Halifax791 km · quickest by air, 5h 49m · C$220–340
- St. John's → Spring Garden Road, Halifax898 km · quickest by air, 5h 40m · C$210–330
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- Get inGoing east on 104 takes you to Cape Breton or, alternatively, the ferry to Prince Edward Island.
- Get aroundHalifax Transit operates two ferry routes that stop at .
- Get aroundThe Halifax to Dartmouth ferry dates back to 1752.
- Get aroundFor the same cost as bus fare, one can take the ferry back and forth between Dartmouth and Halifax, this is an excellent (and cheap) way to take in the skyline views, spot ships, and mingle with locals.
- Get aroundThe Halifax-Woodside Ferry only runs Monday to Friday, there is little to do, and few places to go from the Woodside terminal.
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