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Halifax Citadel National Historic Site
A star-shaped hilltop fortress overlooking Halifax harbour, with costumed soldiers, cannon firings, and panoramic views of the city and waterfront.
7 km · about 10 min drive
Nova Scotia, Canada · North America
Bridgeview is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Halifax North End, 7km from Halifax Citadel National Historic Site.
Bridgeview is a town located in Nova Scotia, Canada. With a population of 2,206, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, Bridgeview sits in Canada, where you drive on the right. It's in the America/Halifax time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Bridgeview to your route.
Bridgeview is a Residential subdivision, developed by B.D (Burnett David) Stevens in the 1960s. Located in the community of Rockingham on Mainland Halifax, just off the Bedford Highway, it is considered to be part of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, and is found on the shore of the Bedford Basin inRead more
Halifax Harbour.
BD Stevens, known as one of the greatest church builders in Atlantic Canada, that inspired the writing of a book entitled “The Man Who Built Churches”, and a developer responsible for several subdivisions throughout Halifax, seemed to have a fondness for Bridgeview, having built homes for the majority of his adult children to live in this neighbourhood - Laurie Stevens (Marilyn), Jean Pierce (Arden), Audrey Keeping (Clyde), Elsie Lewis (Lou), and Shelia Munro (John).
“Birdland”, as it was affectionately called by its residents in the 1970s and 1980s, acquired this nickname as all of streets were named after birds - Flamingo Drive, Kingfisher Crescent, Dove Street, Canary Crescent, Nightingale Drive, Swan Crescent, Skylark Street, to name a few.
Flamingo Drive, the main road of the subdivision, is 1.54km in length and runs from the Bedford Highway winding its way up the hill to what used to be a dead end, a wooded area leading to a path commonly known as the “buggy trail”. This has since been developed and is now the Residential subdivision, Knightsridge, which connects Bridgeview subdivision to the Dunbruck Highway.
D.J. Butler Park, sometimes referred to as “Bridgeview Park”, is found at the top of Flamingo Drive. What once held a baseball field (home to the Bridgeview Pirates, a Sobeys sponsored little league baseball team), a tennis court, basketball court and playground, has since become a popular playground, basketball and tennis court.
In the 1970s and early 1980s, Bridgeview was also home to CJCH radio broadcaster and politician, Gerald “ Jer Bear” Lawrence.
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Bridgeview is located in Nova Scotia, Canada, North America. The coordinates are 44.6713 latitude, -63.6559 longitude.
Bridgeview has a population of approximately 2,206 people, making it a town in Canada.
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A star-shaped hilltop fortress overlooking Halifax harbour, with costumed soldiers, cannon firings, and panoramic views of the city and waterfront.
7 km · about 10 min drive
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An iconic Nova Scotia fishing village with its famous red-and-white lighthouse perched on massive granite boulders pounded by Atlantic waves.
29 km · about 35 min drive
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