Wednesday, July 24 – Day 36
The Halifax Citadel sits on a hill (which has been cut down by 40’ from its original height) dominating the harbour area of Halifax. When you look over the walls you can easily see why this site was chosen as a defensive position for the protection of the harbour. This fort and a number of smaller installations around the harbour made this a formidable obstacle for any potential invaders. The fort was rebuilt several times between the 1760’s and 1800’s, before the current design was adopted in about 1820. 
The present Citadel was handed over to the Parks Canada in the 1950’s and they have done an incredible job of reconstructing the fort using much of the existing stone and using techniques utilized during its construction.
Costumed interpreters are everywhere and at first we thought that they were actual military training units: we found out much later that this was not the case. Mostly students trying to earn enough money to go back to school. 
I couldn’t resist putting in this shot. The guard was supposed to have eyes forward, but I saw him checking out a young girl as she passed by.
The web site for the Halifax Citadel National Historic site is:http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/ns/halifax/index.aspx
We had purchased Canada Parks Discovery Passes when we went to the Carlton Martello Tower back in Saint John, NB when we first started touring Atlantic Canada. We thought that they were quite pricey at the time at almost $70 each; but they have definitely paid for themselves with all the the National Historic Sites and National Parks we have visited on this trip. The passes are good for a year so we can still do some touring till the end of July 2014.
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