Extended for five consecutive weekends until October 11, 2020, those additional days will give the public more opportunities at Georges Island’s national historic site.
HALIFAX, NS, September 4, 2020 / PRNewswire / – Georges Island’s national historic site is partially open to guests from last August and the ticket application is high, so the Canadian government announced today that it will extend the visitor season through another five weekends from September 12-13 to the weekend from October 10 to 11, 2020 inclusive.
Tickets are sold through Ambassaexcursions Gray Line / Murphy’s on the Water, the boat tour company that provides ferry service to Georges Island, a contract with Develop Nova Scotia.
This 2020 guest offer was made imaginable through the final touch of a new pier, jointly funded through the Government of Canada and the province of Nova Scotia, through Develop Nova Scotia and Tourism Nova Scotia.The pier provides an entrance door to this exclusive and old pier.attraction, improving the port of Halifax for citizens and guests.
Although guests remain limited for the time being, Parks Canada’s ongoing consultations and collaboration with La F?Nova Scotia Acadian Deer and Aboriginal partners will ensure that the new delight of guests represents the complete and complex history of this key feature of Halifax Harbour..
This small island and its fortifications played a role as a prison, as an internment camp for The Akkadians, in the progression of Nova Scotia and in the defense of Canadá.La Georges Island is one of the five halifax national historical sites collectively known as the Halifax Defense.Complex.
This new tourist opportunity will continue with COVID-19’s local economic recovery efforts in the Halifax area.By offering access to Georges Island, Parks Canada gives visitors the opportunity to join the rich and complex history of the Canadian Atlantic.
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“Since Georges Island opened to the public in August, Halipassn residents have flocked to this iconic to be more informed about the island’s varied history and to get to know Halifax from an entirely new perspective.We’re adding more trips and expanding the number of weekends, to Thanksgiving, to allow more visitors to immerse the history and ecology of Georges Island.I inspire everyone to faint and enjoy this emerald gem of Halifax Harbor.”
Andy Fillmore, HALifax MP and parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities
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