The Nova Scotia Archives

Wind your way up the tree-lined drive to visit the beautiful park and grand home.

On a river in southwest Nova Scotia, an investigation by a historical sleuth is uncovering long-lost traces of North America’s past.

Colby Gaudet, a post-doctoral fellow at Dalhousie University, is studying how some families navigated the legal and religious practices associated with grief and death. What he found is a community ad...

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Halifax’s first cemetery, The Old Burying Ground, is said to have close to 10,000 unmarked burials.

May is Cemetery Month! Join us each week to hear from guest speakers who not only celebrate these sacred spaces, but educate on their history, beauty, and significance to our community. The Old Buryin...

From HHB: On the morning of December 6, 1917, Halifax Harbour became the centre of one of the largest non‑nuclear explosions in history. When the munitions ship SS Mont‑Blanc collided with the Norwegian relief vessel SS Imo in the harbour narrows, the resulting fire and blast devastated Halifax and Dartmouth. Nearly 2,000 people were killed, thousands more injured, and entire neighbourhoods […] More

The Canadian Register of Historic Places, better known as the historicplaces.ca website, is coming down. Parks Canada announced in late...

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Les travaux archéologiques menés au lieu historique national du Fort Saint-Louis à Port La Tour, en Nouvelle-Écosse, sous la direction de Catherine Cottreau-Robins, conservatrice principale au Musée d...