Port of Halifax
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Depending on your exact location , the scenery could be very dramatic .
Port of Halifax
Riding with strangers in a strange land is a lower-stakes version of Russian roulette – you never know what kind of individual will be waiting for you at the airport
baggage claim or hotel lobby .
In this instance , I had the good fortune of being greeted by John Cameron , then general manager of the Snowmobilers Association of Nova Scotia ( SANS ), at the Halifax airport .
A successful former businessman with a limitless library of historical and geographic facts , John shuttled me to my hotel and took me out for a dinner and a tour of Halifax – a striking coastal city with a fascinating history and old-style European architecture complimented by modern mid-rise office and university buildings .
Greater Halifax contains 40 percent of Nova Scotia ’ s residents , and it remains largely influenced by England , although the area also has large Scottish , Irish and French populations . I noticed road signs in some parts written in English , French and Gaelic ; it ’ s charming .
John and I drove to the hilltop Halifax Citadel , strolled through downtown and checked out the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic along the port . Over a salmon dinner at a dockside restaurant , John told me about the great Halifax Explosion of 1917 that killed approximately 2,000 people , obliterated much of the city and remains one of the world ’ s largest accidental man-made explosion .
Fresh snow was everywhere .