22 October 2008

Fort Ives & Others

Photos from an October 2008 trip to Fort Ives, found on McNab's Island in Halifax Harbour.

1. Fort Ives
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2. Resting at Fort Ives.
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3. Guns remain mounted at Fort Ives.
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4. Wall of Fort Ives slowly erode.
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5. Inside the powerhouse on Garrison Road.
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6. Again, inside the powerhouse.
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7. Vintage fridge found in the childhood home of Bill Lynch.
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21 October 2008

Strawberry Battery

Photos from an October 2008 trip to Strawberry Battery, found on McNab's Island in Halifax Harbour.

1. Entering Strawberry Battery.
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2. Watch your step.
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4. Most everything here was sealed. What wasn't sealed, wasn't all that exciting.
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5. One of the light emplacements below Strawberry Battery.
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20 October 2008

Fort McNab

Photos from an October 2008 trip to Fort McNab, found on McNab's Island in Halifax Harbour.

1. Crumbling exterior of Fort McNab Casemates building.
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2. Entering Fort McNab's subterranean through the Left Magazine entrance.
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3. Fort McNab's Radar Building and Left Magazine entrance.
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4. Inside the Crew Shelter building at Fort McNab.
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5. Scary dark furnace at Fort McNab.
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6. McNab Cemetery
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