Halifax Boardwalk
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The Halifax Waterfront Boardwalk is located on the Halifax Harbour
Halifax Harbour
Halifax Harbour is a large natural harbour on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, located in the Halifax Regional Municipality.-Harbour description:The harbour is called Jipugtug by the Mi'kmaq first nation, anglisized as Chebucto...

 waterfront
Dock (maritime)
A dock is a human-made structure or group of structures involved in the handling of boats or ships, usually on or close to a shore.However, the exact meaning varies among different variants of the English language...

 in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

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The Halifax boardwalk is open to the public 24 hours a day. The boardwalk also includes shops at Bishop's Landing and the Historic Properties buildings as well as the "Cable Wharf" a former cable ship terminal now used as a tour boat base for several vessels including Theodore Too
Theodore Too
Theodore Too is a large-scale imitation tugboat based on the fictional tugboat Theodore from the television show Theodore Tugboat.-History:Theodore Too was commissioned by Cochran Entertainment, Inc., the now-defunct production company...

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The boardwalk's southern terminus is at Pier 21
Pier 21
Pier 21, a former ocean liner terminal, is Canada's National Museum of Immigration in Halifax, Nova Scotia.It operated as an ocean liner terminal and immigration shed from 1928 to 1971 and became an immigration museum in 1999. Pier 21 is Canada's last remaining ocean immigration shed...

. It stretches northwards along the coast for approximately 3 km before it terminates in front of Casino Nova Scotia
Casino Nova Scotia
Casino Nova Scotia is located in Nova Scotia, Canada, and has locations in Halifax and Sydney.-Halifax casino:The Casino Nova Scotia opened a temporary location in the Sheraton Hotel Halifax on June 1, 1995. On April 24, 2000 it moved to a brand new, $100-million "Vegas-style" facility on the...

 at its northern terminus. Three notable museums are located on the waterfront. The Pier 21 immigration museum is located at the southern terminus. The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is a Canadian maritime museum located in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia.The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is a member institution of the Nova Scotia Museum and is the oldest and largest maritime museum in Canada with a collection of over 30,000 artifacts...

 at the boardwalk's centre and includes the museum ship CSS Acadia
CSS Acadia
CSS Acadia is a former hydrographic surveying and oceanographic research ship of the Hydrographic Survey of Canada and its successor the Canadian Hydrographic Service....

. Just south of Acadia is the summer home of the HMCS Sackville naval museum.

Points of interest

  • Purdy's Wharf
    Purdy's Wharf
    Purdy's Wharf is an office complex located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Built over the water at the edge of Halifax Harbour and resting on pilings, it consists of two office towers, and a smaller office structure called Purdy's Landing. Purdy's Landing is commonly referred to as the "Xerox...

  • Casino Nova Scotia
    Casino Nova Scotia
    Casino Nova Scotia is located in Nova Scotia, Canada, and has locations in Halifax and Sydney.-Halifax casino:The Casino Nova Scotia opened a temporary location in the Sheraton Hotel Halifax on June 1, 1995. On April 24, 2000 it moved to a brand new, $100-million "Vegas-style" facility on the...

  • Historic Properties
  • Water Street Ferry Terminal
  • Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
    Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
    The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is a Canadian maritime museum located in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia.The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is a member institution of the Nova Scotia Museum and is the oldest and largest maritime museum in Canada with a collection of over 30,000 artifacts...

  • Sackville Landing
  • HMCS Sackville (summer months)
  • Tug wharves and Foundation Franklin
    Foundation Franklin
    The SS Foundation Franklin was a sea-going salvage tug built for the Royal Navy in 1918 but most famous for many daring salvage operations and rescues while operated by Foundation Maritime between 1930-1949.- History :...

     monument
  • Bishop's Landing
  • Pier 21
    Pier 21
    Pier 21, a former ocean liner terminal, is Canada's National Museum of Immigration in Halifax, Nova Scotia.It operated as an ocean liner terminal and immigration shed from 1928 to 1971 and became an immigration museum in 1999. Pier 21 is Canada's last remaining ocean immigration shed...

  • NSCAD
  • Garrison Brewery


There are also many projects under construction or planned for the boardwalk area including, but not limited to, the Salter Street Block Parking Lot redevelopment, including parks, winter garden, a hotel, retail, and condominiums, the Water Street Power Plant redevelopment into office space for Nova Scotia Power
Nova Scotia Power
Nova Scotia Power Inc. is a power generating and delivery company in Nova Scotia. It is privately owned by Emera and regulated by the provincial government via the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board .-History:...

, Queen's Landing, Sackville Landing, and the new Seaport Farmer's Market currently under construction near Pier 21.
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