This is a shot of part of our fair city.
The inner harbour in the background is Bedford Basin and is where convoys formed up in WWII for that perilous journey to England. The suburb of Bedford is on the far shore.
That striped objects on the right are the stacks from the electrical power generating station. It was just out from them in the harbour where the explosion took place in WWI and was the largest man-made explosion until the atomic bomb. Two ships collided and one was loaded to the gills with munitions.The blast killed 2000 people and leveled that part of the city.
In the foreground is mysterious George's Island named after King George with its fort, tunnels and whatever else may be there. In colonial days the fort was erected and manned as a harbour defence. Fort Charlotte was named after George's wife. Over the years it was used as a prison and a quarantine station.
The island is owned by Parks Canada and it's off limits to the public and nobody is allowed to go there, although recently there have been a few guided visits to the island supervised by park staff.
Work and money has been put into restoring the fort due to public interest and more is to come with a view to turning it into a tourist attraction. There are no washrooms or other public facilities so that has to be taken care of first. Visits however, will not be free and there will not be unlimited access.
The inner harbour in the background is Bedford Basin and is where convoys formed up in WWII for that perilous journey to England. The suburb of Bedford is on the far shore.
That striped objects on the right are the stacks from the electrical power generating station. It was just out from them in the harbour where the explosion took place in WWI and was the largest man-made explosion until the atomic bomb. Two ships collided and one was loaded to the gills with munitions.The blast killed 2000 people and leveled that part of the city.
In the foreground is mysterious George's Island named after King George with its fort, tunnels and whatever else may be there. In colonial days the fort was erected and manned as a harbour defence. Fort Charlotte was named after George's wife. Over the years it was used as a prison and a quarantine station.
The island is owned by Parks Canada and it's off limits to the public and nobody is allowed to go there, although recently there have been a few guided visits to the island supervised by park staff.
Work and money has been put into restoring the fort due to public interest and more is to come with a view to turning it into a tourist attraction. There are no washrooms or other public facilities so that has to be taken care of first. Visits however, will not be free and there will not be unlimited access.
