I read this interesting article in
Spacing Atlantic about the history and potential of
McNab's Island. I had difficulty in finding an appropriate thread to place this in, but decided on here, partly because
xanaxanax made some mention of McNab's as a site for an amusement park.
While I don't agree with an amusement park for McNab's, I do agree that there is a lot of lost potential at McNab's (and Georges's) Island for HRM. A reinstituted ferry service to the islands should really be a priority for HRM, especially in the summertime.
When I was a kid growing up in Charlottetown, we used to have a free ferry service (in a lobster boat) from the waterfront to Rocky Point, across the harbour and close to Fort Amherst. I would take this ferry several times a summer with my mother to go to the beach over there and have very fond memories of this. A similar service linking the downtown Halifax waterfront to the harbour isles I think would be similarly popular.
In any event, here is the link to the article.
http://spacing.ca/atlantic/2014/08/26/near-far-mcnabs-island/
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