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relocated to other Irving sites in the HRM region. The Dartmouth Marine Slips closed on June 20, 2003. The plans for development of the property, called Kings Wharf, were published in on July 31, 2007, and a long term construction program began in 2009. Plans for the tallest building in eastern Canada have been introduced and talked about for several years but construction has been delayed with no confirmed start date given.
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which became known for a time as the Halifax Shipyards. Irving operating the two sites together with the marine slips specializing in smaller and faster repair jobs and employing about 44 people. In 2003, Irving announced plans to sell the Slips. Forty-four workers still employed at the shipyard were
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buildings. The "Restaurant 73" building on 73 Alderney Drive is the oldest commercial brick building on the Dartmouth side of the harbour. Downtown Dartmouth also features historic landmarks such as the Quaker Whaler House, one of the oldest buildings in Halifax Regional Municipality (open to the
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on the other side of Halifax Harbour. North America's oldest continually operating saltwater ferry service was started in 1752 by one man rowing customers across the harbour for three cents per trip. The three main streets are Alderney Drive
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Downtown Dartmouth is also served by numerous Halifax Transit bus routes connecting to other parts of Dartmouth. These routes run on Alderney Drive, allowing passengers to transfer to the Alderney Gate ferry terminal.
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Ferry Terminal Park is the park space along the waterfront adjacent to the Dartmouth Ferry Terminal. In it resides the World Peace Pavilion, opened during the 1995 Halifax
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The Leighton Dillman Scenic Garden, named after a diligent voluntary keeper of the gardens, sits adjacent to Alderney Drive on a hillside of what is left of the
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public seasonally) and Evergreen House, Victorian home to nationally acclaimed folklorist, Helen Creighton (open year-round).
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Economic Summit. Conceived by Metro Youth for Global Unity, this structure contains
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railyard. CN's Dartmouth Subdivision (a freight line) runs along the waterfront to
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Downtown Dartmouth is a rather compact area of about 36 ha (89 acres).
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market, gallery and theatre building, the 19-story highrise office building
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is the Events Plaza, a specially designed and equipped outdoor space for
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Bornais, Stephen (February 21, 2003). "Homebuilder's Buy Shipyard".
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Company. The Dartmouth Marine Slips were purchased in the 1990s by
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donated by more than 70 countries, lying on a bed of Nova Scotian
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Harbour Ferries - Metro Transit - Halifax Regional Municipality
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Downtown Dartmouth is located in Nova Scotia
44°39′56.83″N 63°33′59.45″W / 44.6657861°N 63.5665139°W / 44.6657861; -63.5665139
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Halifax
Dartmouth
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Dartmouth
Halifax
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Alderney Gate
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