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Trail Interpretation
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Greenway Trail Interpretation
Note: We are looking for additional interpretation content on the Greenway's natural habitat and history. Topics of interest include: bird sightings; parks, water access and ferries; 20th century subdivision and development, port and railway history. If you want to write a short piece on these or other Greenway-related topics, or make an addition or correction of the existing content, please e-mail us at ba001@chebucto.ns.ca
Railway Cut History
Development of the Halifax Railway Cut (1912-18) - Planning, Construction, Effect upon Urban Landscape
Development of the Halifax Railway Cut (1912-18) - Short Version
Railway Cut Sections of Hopkins' 1878 Atlas of the City of Halifax - modern railway alignment is superimposed
History of the Greenway Neighbourhoods
Introduction to Sources - from 1878 and 1908
The Pryor Property: Quinpool Road to South Street - A huge landholding is divided among Halifax'a 19th century elite
South Street to Marlborough Woods: The Oaklands and Belmont Estates
The Old Marlborough Woods and the Rise and Fall of the North West Arm Land Company - summary of a paper by Janet E. Chute
Railway Cut Natural History
Railway Cut Natural History: Introduction - Geology, Habitats
Habitats in Railway Cut Sections - Flora found in five sections of the Cut
Thank you to the Halifax Field Naturalists and Pierre Taschereau for permission to extract from their Area Study on the South End Railway Cutting
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