George's Island set to open in 2012
This sounds like great news. This would provide a great view of the city and be an interesting place to visit as a past military fortification. http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/1164271.html
"One of the planned Nova Scotia projects is to open Georges Island to visitors coming to Halifax on cruise ships. The work on the island, located in the middle of the harbour, will include a new dock and washroom facilities. Georges Island became a Parks Canada historic site in 1965. "Georges Island is of interest to cruise ships," Mr. Prentice said. "We’ve seen significant changes in tourism here with the frequency of cruise ships (in Halifax’s harbour)." |
thanks for starting this thread, fenwick16
Does the restoration work they are currently doing on the island include a dock and washrooms, or are these ideas just a proposal? |
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"The federal investments for Nova Scotia’s parks include $10,443,000 for the Cabot Trail, $4 million for repairs to buildings at the Halifax Citadel, $3.5 million for Georges Island, $2 million for Fort McNab and $1 million for the Fortress of Louisbourg. Mr. Prentice said the projects in Nova Scotia’s parks were carefully selected and are reflective of the priorities of attracting tourism and preserving historical sites across the province. He said the recent investment is the largest amount of funding for Parks Canada in a generation. One of the planned Nova Scotia projects is to open Georges Island to visitors coming to Halifax on cruise ships. The work on the island, located in the middle of the harbour, will include a new dock and washroom facilities. Georges Island became a Parks Canada historic site in 1965. "Georges Island is of interest to cruise ships," Mr. Prentice said. "We’ve seen significant changes in tourism here with the frequency of cruise ships (in Halifax’s harbour)." Michael Noonan, spokesman for the provincial Tourism, Culture and Heritage Department, said he is feeling positive about the federal government’s investment in the province’s parks infrastructure. "It makes us able to market Nova Scotia as a visitor destination," said Mr. Noonan. "We recognize the value of portraying Nova Scotia as an interesting, historical destination for visitors." |
I hope they don't plan to open George's Island only to cruise ship passengers....
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this is definatly BALLIN, I will take mah woman there for a summertime pick nic, an afternoon DE_LITE no doubt :P
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i think this is great, i would definitly go
it probly wont happen due to money and such but if this was another stop on the ferry to woodside it would be pretty cool and efficient |
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A story in today's Chronicle Herald ( http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1173939.html ) indicates that Georges Island will open to the public in the summer of 2012. This should be a good tourist attraction something like the Alcatraz in San Francisco (although less well known). I hope that they will do a good lob of restoring the tunnels (I assume that these connect the various bunkers on the island?). Too bad the myth isn't true; that there is a tunnel to Citadel Hill.
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Parks Canada = Lucy with the football and we're all Charlie Brown. This has been talked about in the past. No surprise it's not happening yet again.
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What is the plan to shuttle people back and forth?
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Seems like a costly venture to provide public transport... Private shuttles make sense to me... |
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i read somewhere on the HRM website that they want to make more woodside trips and times and i always thought that a georges island stop wouldnt be to bad since when your on that ferry you could jump to it pretty much, i hope if they make the eastren passage ferry that they do the same with mcnabs island.
the harbour is very underutilized and should be more friendly to the public. |
I'd be pretty annoyed if I used the ferry to commute from Halifax to Dartmouth and we had to stop at an abandoned island each trip.. It'd be a hassle for 99% of the ferry's users. I can't see this being a viable option.
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I doubt they'd make stops at rush hour, but even so the Woodside option doesn't make a ton of sense. They could do a little ferry from Bishop's Landing or something.
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I don't know where this discussion belongs -- but it isn't in this section. Could a mod relocate it?
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This is a real development with funding allocated ($3.5 million) for development. Most likely the ferry will be located in downtown Halifax so Halifax Peninsula and Downtown Dartmouth seemed like a logical place to put it.
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