Downtown Dartmouth
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Downtown Dartmouth is the main business ,banking and government office core of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Business and Buildings
In the area are the home of the Halifax Regional School Board (the city hall of the former city of Dartmouth ), the main Halifax Regional Library for Dartmouth, the main branches of the Royal Bank of Canada and CIBC. Also in the area there severval condominium highrise .Transportation
Downtown Dartmouth is connected by ferry to downtown Halifax operated by Metro Transit from Alderney Landing. North America's oldest continually operating saltwater ferry service, started in 1752 by one man rowing customers across the harbour for three cents per trip.The three main streets are Alderney Drive (Nova Scotia Route 7), Portland Street (Nova Scotia Route 207),and Octerlonley Street. Along Alderney Drive is the CN railyard.Parks
The World Peace Pavilion opened in Downtown Dartmouth at the waterfront during the 1995 Halifax G-7 Economic Summit. Conceived by Metro Youth for Global Unity, this structure contains stones and bricks donated by more than 70 countries, lying on a bed of Nova Scotian sand.Along the boardwalk is the the huge bronze propeller from the icebreaker Sir John A. Macdonald, damaged during its 1969 journey through the Northwest Passage. The inlaid granite compass rose in the park is a replica of the compass detail on a 1749 map of Halifax Harbour. Extending from Alderney Landing is the Events Plaza, a specially designed and equipped outdoor space for festivals and events. Eastern Front Theatre performs at Alderney Landing . Next door is the CN railyard .The Leighton Dillman Scenic Garden, named after a diligent voluntary keeper of the gardens. This is a small developed corner of what is left of the Dartmouth Common is approximately 300 acres set aside by the government in the late 1700s for the settlers' common use. Only a small portion now remains.Past Industry
On Dartmouth Cove are the former Dartmouth Marine Slips owned by the J.D. Irving Limited group of Companies, former site of the Nantucket Whaling Company.
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