For great views of the Halifax and Dartmouth skyline take your group on the Halifax-Dartmouth Ferry – the oldest running salt water ferry in North America, across the second largest natural harbour in the world. Operating throughout the day between the terminal near Historic Properties and Dartmouth’s Alderney Landing. Toward the harbour entrance, the nearest island is George’s Island, with the small lighthouse on the side. It played a key role in the harbour’s defense system for almost 200 years.
Although not open to the public, it has been named a National Historic Site, and its fortifications are undergoing restoration.

Farther out in the harbour, McNabs Island can be reached by a ferry from Eastern Passage or charter boats from Cable Wharf. McNabs was another important part of the harbour defense system, but also home to several generations of independent settlers. Today a network of trails leads past the island’s lighthouse, ruined fortress and batteries, sand beaches and abandoned homesteads.

• Alderney Landing
• Bayers Lake Business Park
• Bedford Institute of Oceanography
• Black Cultural Centre of Nova Scotia
• Dartmouth Crossing
• Discover Dartmouth
• Halifax Citadel National Historic Site
• Halifax Public Gardens
• Historic Properties
• Hydrostone Market
• Lake Banook
• Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
• Mic Mac Mall
• Museum of Natural History
• Old Burying Ground
• Pier 21 National Historic Site
• Shubenacadie Canal
• Spring Garden Road
• Town Clock