The Halifax Citadel

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The Halifax Citadel
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Description

• Constructed between 1828 and 1856, the Halifax
  citadel is an impressive star-shaped masonry
  structure complete with defensive ditch, earthen
  ramparts, musketry gallery, powder magazine,
  garrison cells, guard room, barracks and school
  room.

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Entrance Gate Information Centre
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1st Floor Outside
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Musicians Look off Views
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Town Clock
To find the Citadel, drive to downtown Halifax
and look for Sackville Street near the corner of
Brunswick Street. If you are walking, look for
the Town Clock just below the Citadel on the
Harbour side and the signal flags flying high
atop the Citadel wall corner ramparts. A set of
stairs begins just below the Town Clock and
continues above it to the fort entrance.
Pedestrian access is also available at the
Sackville Street entrance and tour buses
disembark visitors at a small parking lot near
the fort gates.
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Closing Time
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History

• From the time of its founding in 1749 through to
  the late 19th century, Halifax was one of four
  principal overseas naval stations in the British
  empire.  Military authorities built a system of
  coastal fortifications in and around this
  strategic port to defend the harbor and its
  approaches, with a mighty citadel to serve as a
  command post and to ward off a landward attack.

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The Halifax Citadel

• The present citadel was completed in 1856, and
  is the fourth in a series of forts to occupy the
  hill overlooking the town. .
• At the height of its influence in the
  mid-Victorian era, the citadel was the
  headquarters of one of the Halifax garrisons two
  infantry regiments and an important center of
  operations in the garrison. This garrison
  consisted of many different British units over
  the course of its operation who generally were
  posted to Halifax for a two year period. Two of
  these units were the 78th highland regiment of
  foot and the 3rd brigade royal artillery.

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Halifax Historical Background

• Founded in 1749, Halifax is steeped in British
  military tradition. A magnificent statue of
  Winston Churchill in front of the Spring Garden
  road memorial public library is a lasting
  testament to the British connection, and the
  union jack flies on buildings throughout the
  city.The city's protected harbor was ideally
  suited to stave off invaders. Halifax's active
  involvement with naval affairs began in 1758,
  when a large dockyard area was built. The
  following year, Halifax operated as a base for
  British forces attacking the French fort at
  nearby Louisbourg.

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The Harbourside market

• In the 17th and 18th centuries, privateers used
  Halifax to unload pirated booty. Permitted to
  keep a portion of the stolen goods, they shipped
  the rest to Britain. Harbourside market at
  privateers wharf is now a popular shopping
  district. Further south on the waterfront is the
  brewery, where gigantic barrels of plunder were
  transferred to ships Britain bound. Today it is
  home to the Halifax farmers' market and Alexander
  Keith's brewery tour.
• The Halifax citadel, sits high above the
  streets of Halifax. Within its ironstone walls
  and ramparts are a military museum, garrison
  cells, soldiers' barracks and a fully restored
  powder magazine. At the foot of citadel hill, the
  old clock tower is the city's most distinctive
  landmark, built by the punctuality-conscious
  prince Edward, duke of Kent, in 1803.

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