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Originally Posted by Saul Goode
Well, no. The City of Halifax before amalgamation comprised far more than just the peninsula.
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I had forgotten to respond to this when you originally posted it. Whether that statement is true or not depends upon what time period you are talking about.
When I was a little kid, the city of Halifax ended at what was then called Dutch Village Road (now Joseph Howe Dr, which back then only ran under that name from Bayers Rd to the Bedford Overpass, with the stretch from Bayers to the Armdale Rotary being DVR). That's why the old and rather handsome Halifax County Administration building was built on the "county" side of DVR.
At some point in the late '60s or early '70s the City of Halifax was expanded to include the western suburbs, which actually made some sense. Then of course in the '90s the Savage govt forced amalgamation upon the remaining parts of the county plus Dartmouth and Bedford to create the monster known as HRM. I think in retrospect now we can conclude that on balance, that move was a mistake, and that probably there should have been 2 municipalities created, one urban, and one rural (or those rural parts hived off to the existing counties bordering the old Halifax County).