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Old Posted Mar 13, 2011, 5:54 PM
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Smile Putting an Aquarium in Shannon Park


This thread will be strictly for discussing this project of building a massive
aquarium within Shannon Park. We are now in year three of putting all the
details together and it is coming together quite nicely.

There was a feasibility report/study done in 1976 on whether or not an aquarium
would be feasible to be built right where the Halifax Metro Center is currently
today and it looks like the report/study was botched purposely to ensure that
an aquarium would not be built in Halifax, making building the Halifax Metro
Center the only feasible option left on the table.


I will be providing more details on the steps that are being taken to ensure that
a project like this could sustain itself on a daily basis through many avenues
that will be added to the facility itself during the development stages that in
turn will be generating cash flow.

More to come....

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Old Posted Mar 13, 2011, 6:25 PM
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Since Halifax is so close to the ocean it seems somewhat inhuman to capture sea animals and keep them in an enclosure. Instead Halifax could do something like in the image below. Have rooms built under the surface of the harbour so that people can see sea animals in their natural habitation. Especially now that the Halifax harbour has some waste-water treatment, it might be interesting.

(source: http://www.allvoices.com/contributed...ea-resort-fiji )


Maybe something could be built at George's Island when it opens to the public in 2012(?) (just a few rooms below the water). Or, as you mentioned, if the HRM builds a stadium at Shannon Park that might be a good location.
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Since Halifax is so close to the ocean it seems somewhat inhuman to capture sea animals and keep them in an enclosure.
Well you could say that about any zoo or aquarium, I guess. They wouldn't necessarily be wild-caught animals. In any case there'd be nothing much to see in the harbour itself and I strongly doubt Parks Canada would allow something like that on George's Island.

There's something kinda fishy about this QUADONE guy, though...

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Do you have any kind of a website or other source of information of this aquatic institute? Not to be rude but the only source I've come across is a facebook page that hasn't been updated in over two years.
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This thread will be strictly for discussing this project of building a massive
aquarium within Shannon Park. We are now in year three of putting all the
details together and it is coming together quite nicely.

There was a feasibility report/study done in 1976 on whether or not an aquarium
would be feasible to be built right where the Halifax Metro Center is currently
today and it looks like the report/study was botched purposely to ensure that
an aquarium would not be built in Halifax, making building the Halifax Metro
Center the only feasible option left on the table.


I will be providing more details on the steps that are being taken to ensure that
a project like this could sustain itself on a daily basis through many avenues
that will be added to the facility itself during the development stages that in
turn will be generating cash flow.

More to come....
Shannon Park is a much better site than the MC for an aquarium, you should get BIO or DFO involved in some capacity.

Really large tanks would be cool, esp. for larger sharks. Having this near a stadium site would be even better, a la Olympic Stadium and Biodome in Montreal!
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Old Posted Mar 13, 2011, 7:42 PM
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I would suggest it might be better to have an aquarium closer to BIO, rather than in Shannon Park? There looks to be enough room near BIO.
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There are already public displays at BIO and you can go on tours.

The Halifax or maybe the Dartmouth waterfront (downtown by the ferry) are probably the only reasonable place for this. Cruise ship passengers, etc. are not going to make it out to Shannon Park and without that money the facility would be less viable. It makes no sense to spread things like this out.
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Well you could say that about any zoo or aquarium, I guess. They wouldn't necessarily be wild-caught animals. In any case there'd be nothing much to see in the harbour itself and I strongly doubt Parks Canada would allow something like that on George's Island.

There's something kinda fishy about this QUADONE guy, though...


Excuse me!

Nothing fishy at all about myself or anyone else involved in this project. I am
legally the appointed President of this Non-profit organization and if you are
so suspicious of me then check with the Registry of Stocks & Bonds office
and then explain to me why I would be doing this all for FREE? My time and
any others on the BOD of The Maritime Aquatic Institute Of The Atlantic
Association is all volunteered. Please check your facts before you start to
point fingers.

Best regards,
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Old Posted Mar 13, 2011, 7:56 PM
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Shannon Park is a much better site than the MC for an aquarium, you should get BIO or DFO involved in some capacity.

Really large tanks would be cool, esp. for larger sharks. Having this near a stadium site would be even better, a la Olympic Stadium and Biodome in Montreal!
Anyone who buys a ticket to a stadium event could get a free pass to the aquarium. A ferry service from downtown could bring a constant stream of visitors. I think BIO should be involved as well. Perhaps the universities could collaborate and develop a major ocean industries research centre c/w aquarium. Maybe the stadium and aquarium could have shared services like parking, ferry, office space etc. This could be a major tourist attraction right on the waterfront.
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Excuse me!...
...Best regards,
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I humbly request that you stop the bold type. To me it's very distracting It reminds me of the "NATURE'S LAW OF RIGHT ACTION" guy who puts full page ads in Popular Science.
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Old Posted Mar 13, 2011, 9:29 PM
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Do you have any kind of a website or other source of information of this aquatic institute? Not to be rude but the only source I've come across is a facebook page that hasn't been updated in over two years.

Currently at the moment there is no website, but there is one being constructed
at this time by me based on my background in programming. I have a degree in
website development & implementation that I acquired through CDI College when
it was located in downtown Halifax about 10+ years ago.

The Facebook page will be updated in the next couple of weeks. Ms. Karen
Leamon Briand created the group and ended up putting on the back burner
until she had the proper BODs in place to move forward on the project.

More about things coming soon.

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I humbly request that you stop the bold type. To me it's very distracting It reminds me of the "NATURE'S LAW OF RIGHT ACTION" guy who puts full page ads in Popular Science.
I am sorry for the distraction. I will refrain from bold letters in my messages
because I aim to be on the level with everyone who shows me respect.
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If i remember correctly the Queens Landing development has some sort of Aquarium planned within the public concept. Since the only thing proceeding at this moment is the private one can only conclude that it as a location is in question.

I fully support a Aquarium in Halifax, after all our roots are closley tied to the sea.

Someone123 is correct, it needs to be near DFO. The lands of the former Maritime steal has always been to me the best location.
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If i remember correctly the Queens Landing development has some sort of Aquarium planned within the public concept. Since the only thing proceeding at this moment is the private one can only conclude that it as a location is in question.

I fully support a Aquarium in Halifax, after all our roots are closley tied to the sea.

Someone123 is correct, it needs to be near DFO. The lands of the former Maritime steal has always been to me the best location.
Maritime Steel? That location doesn't come to my mind - can you provide a google map for it? It's coming up with a big '?' in my mind right now! Thanks!
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An Aquarium would be a great addition to Halifax. I have a hard time though imaging BIO/Shannon Park as being the right location for it. Yes there would be proximity to DFO's operations, but that's not where visitors to our city stay or visit. Would be tough to draw tourists all the way out to BIO unless it were an absolutely top-notch world class aquarium (doubtful that that's what we would build). Maybe if Shannon Park gets redeveloped with a ferry it could work, but I don't think it's really the best site. It would be much better to add an aquarium to either the Halifax or Dartmouth waterfronts. I think the Dartmouth waterfront would be ideal. A lot of tourists take the ferry across for fun already even though there is basically nothing for them to do or see once they get to the other side. There is vacant space on the Dartmouth waterfront both in Dartmouth Cove and along Alderney Drive. Would be a better fit in my opinion.
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Old Posted Mar 14, 2011, 8:18 PM
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SHANNON PARK LOCATION:

This location is the ideal one because this aquarium will be about the size of
The Halifax Shopping Center. It will have three floors and there will be a spot
on the main floor that will pay homage to First Nations of Tufts Cove. There
seems to be a misunderstanding as to how an aquarium could benefit the HRM
community and I am here to show how it could on many levels.

PRESERVING THE ENDANGERED AQUATIC LIFE OFFSHORE

There is an immediate daily threat of Oil Rigs & Tankers creating huge major
spills that could easily wipe out all of our aquatic life by the millions, so
having an huge massive aquarium to preserve the remaining aquatic life
existing today off the Atlantic Coastal shorelines is our only chance at saving
what is left. We plan to use this facility to help repopulate the endangered
aquatic life that is facing pure extinction today. There are huge dollars that
the Federal Government has made available for preserving Belugas that are
high on the extinction list currently today. Our facility will be able to handle
housing one male and one female ensuring future reproduction of this specific
species that is very important to our Atlantic shorelines.

This facility plans to provide specialists that will be able treat these amazing
species with medical care and spiritual healing treatments on a level that is
not available at all right now here on the Eastern Coast of Canada and that's
why it is important to have such as a facility as this built within the next few
years within one of the four Atlantic Provinces. We owe it to our community
to start providing the much needed attention to preserving our aquatic life
right now and not several years down the road.

CREATING 2500+ JOBS FOR THE HRM AREA

There are many jobs that are going to be created and needed to make this
facility operate on a daily basis. The aquarium outside will be built with solar
panels to collect the energy that will be used to power the facility making it
zero energy dependent with Nova Scotia Power. This alone will aid in cutting
expenses on a huge power bill that would be generated on a monthly basis.

Then there is the Hotel with 6 floors of a total 200 rooms that we figure will
be booked all year around. We are currently well aware that First Nations is
going to put a ferry terminal on their 9 hectors of land, located right next to
Shannon Park, and we know about the Hotel that they plan on putting there
as well. The potential between having a huge massive aquarium there with a
ferry terminal, two Hotels, and many attractions that I have yet to provide in
detail here, is going to be a long term economical stimulus package that the
Eastern Coast really needs at the moment.

More information coming soon...
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I don't really get where your coming from here, where will funding come from? Are you working along side the government? Are these just ideas with no real plan of building?
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Excuse me!

Nothing fishy at all about myself or anyone else involved in this project. I am
legally the appointed President of this Non-profit organization and if you are
so suspicious of me then check with the Registry of Stocks & Bonds office
and then explain to me why I would be doing this all for FREE? My time and
any others on the BOD of The Maritime Aquatic Institute Of The Atlantic
Association is all volunteered. Please check your facts before you start to
point fingers.

Best regards,
Brian D. Parker
I'm quite sure he didn't mean any disrespect, it was a lighthearted aquarium joke ("fishy" ---> fish ---> the type of animals found in aquariums).
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SHANNON PARK LOCATION:

This location is the ideal one because this aquarium will be about the size of
The Halifax Shopping Center. It will have three floors and there will be a spot
on the main floor that will pay homage to First Nations of Tufts Cove. There
seems to be a misunderstanding as to how an aquarium could benefit the HRM
community and I am here to show how it could on many levels.

PRESERVING THE ENDANGERED AQUATIC LIFE OFFSHORE

There is an immediate daily threat of Oil Rigs & Tankers creating huge major
spills that could easily wipe out all of our aquatic life by the millions, so
having an huge massive aquarium to preserve the remaining aquatic life
existing today off the Atlantic Coastal shorelines is our only chance at saving
what is left. We plan to use this facility to help repopulate the endangered
aquatic life that is facing pure extinction today. There are huge dollars that
the Federal Government has made available for preserving Belugas that are
high on the extinction list currently today. Our facility will be able to handle
housing one male and one female ensuring future reproduction of this specific
species that is very important to our Atlantic shorelines.

This facility plans to provide specialists that will be able treat these amazing
species with medical care and spiritual healing treatments on a level that is
not available at all right now here on the Eastern Coast of Canada and that's
why it is important to have such as a facility as this built within the next few
years within one of the four Atlantic Provinces. We owe it to our community
to start providing the much needed attention to preserving our aquatic life
right now and not several years down the road.

CREATING 2500+ JOBS FOR THE HRM AREA

There are many jobs that are going to be created and needed to make this
facility operate on a daily basis. The aquarium outside will be built with solar
panels to collect the energy that will be used to power the facility making it
zero energy dependent with Nova Scotia Power. This alone will aid in cutting
expenses on a huge power bill that would be generated on a monthly basis.

Then there is the Hotel with 6 floors of a total 200 rooms that we figure will
be booked all year around. We are currently well aware that First Nations is
going to put a ferry terminal on their 9 hectors of land, located right next to
Shannon Park, and we know about the Hotel that they plan on putting there
as well. The potential between having a huge massive aquarium there with a
ferry terminal, two Hotels, and many attractions that I have yet to provide in
detail here, is going to be a long term economical stimulus package that the
Eastern Coast really needs at the moment.

More information coming soon...
Will the hotel rooms have glass panels for viewing the aquarium as shown in one of your earlier slides?
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I don't really get where your coming from here, where will funding come from? Are you working along side the government? Are these just ideas with no real plan of building?
The funding will come from environmental grants federally and provincially
and fund raisers that our advisory group will be working on over the next
several months. There are some very important key players that are
currently waiting on our finished Executive Summary & Feasibility Report,
which is more than 75 pages at the moment and I expect it take another 50
more pages before it is completed.

This project has been in the planning phase since 2008, so there is already a
model constructed in diagram format right now and also a Memorandum in
place that states nobody else can put an aquarium like ours within any of
the four maritime provinces unless they go through us. This is not your
fly-by-night idea or project. Much research has went into this project by Ms.
Karen Leamon Briand who had a dream one night of a huge massive aquarium
being built somewhere with one of the four provinces. Her vision of a Beluga
(my profile picture is the logo) in the middle of dream catcher symbolizes the
paying of homage to First Nations along with the sense of saving our aquatic
life.

I hope this opens your mind more to how big this project really is.
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