Uploaded May 2015 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Follow this link to watch a timelapse version of this drive: youtube.com/watch?v=FINFV54TRbY

This is a drive around the Halifax Peninsula. I tried to stay as close to the water as possible, but didn't take a right off Upper Water Street through the navy base parking lot or off Barrington through the Halifax shipyard on North Marginal Road. The drive features both suspension bridges spanning the Halifax Harbour: the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge and then the A. Murray MacKay Bridge. Africville Road is taken off Barrington and features a nice view of the Bedford Basin, passing Africville Park and Museum, and then the Fairview Cove Container Terminal. Bayne Street leads onto the Bedford Highway (Trunk Highway 2, north) and then Joseph Howe Drive is taken to the Armdale Rotary. The drive then goes up Quinpool Road (Trunk Highway 3, east) until Connaught Avenue and Jubilee. A right is taken onto Oxford Street and passes the University of King's College and Dalhousie University's ocean sciences campus and Shirreff Hall residence. The drive continues onto Beaufort Avenue until Inglis Street and into Halifax's South End, passing Saint Mary's University. A right is then taken at Tower Road and over the railway bridge which leads into the VIA Rail station and Halterm/Halifax Port Authority. Another right is taken onto Pinehill Drive to Francklyn Street, which passes the Atlantic School of Theology before making a left onto Point Pleasant Drive right into Point Pleasant Park. The last stretch of the video features Marginal Road passing Halterm and through the Halifax Port Authority, then finally ends on Lower Water Street where the video begins.

Note the bad condition of the roads after this exceptionally bad winter. Potholes are surprisingly normal for the time of year, but the there is a total lack of paint in some places. Also note the remains of the yellow centre line on Lower Water Street from before it was converted into a one-way street.

Lower Water Street: 0:30-7:03
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic: 5:31-6:03
Halifax Ferry Terminal and the Supreme Court: 6:51-7:09
Upper Water Street: 7:48-9:37
Historic Properties: 7:50-8:00
Purdy's Wharf: 8:05-8:21
Casino Nova Scotia: 8:25-8:38
Canadian Forces Base Halifax: 8:41-12:00
Halifax Sewage Treatment Plant (Halifax Water workers on strike): 9:13-
Barrington Street: 9:41-14:42
Angus L. Macdonald Bridge: 10:28-11:21
Irving Shipbuilding: 12:15-13:04
Richmond Terminals: 13:04-14:56
Canadian National Intermodal Terminal: 13:37-14:08
A. Murray MacKay Bridge: 14:24-15:09
Africville Road: 14:42-17:00
Bedford Basin: 14:40-15:17
Africville Park and Museum: 15:23-15:53
Fairview Cove Container Terminal: 15:59-17:05
Bayne Street: 17:11-17:38
Bedford Highway: 17:38-21:04
Fairview Lawn Cemetary: 18:49-19:20
Joseph Howe Drive: 21:04-27:00
Highway 102: 24:27-24:41
View of the Northwest Arm: 25:26-26:31
The Chronicle Herald: 26:13-26:31
Armdale Rotary: 27:00
Quinpool Road: 29:40-32:04
Horseshoe Island Park: 30:00-30:23
Connaught Avenue: 32:04-33:12
Jubilee Road: 33:13-33:44
Oxford Street: 34:13-35:14
Dalhousie University (left): 34:40-35:14
Beaufort Avenue: 35:21-36:09
Inglis Street: 36:10-37:28
Saint Mary's University: 36:50-38:03
Tower Road: 37:33-38:19
Pinehill Drive: 38:19-38:49
Francklyn Street: 38:49-39:20
Atlantic School of Theology: 38:49-39:00
Point Pleasant Drive: 39:20-42:16
Point Pleasant Park: 39:20-41:57
Marginal Road: 42:16-
Halterm: 42:16-44:09
Halifax Port Authority: 43:18-44:09
Cunard Centre: 44:11-44:27
Pier 21: 44:11-44:35
Garrison Brewery: 44:35-44:51
NSCAD Port Campus: 44:51-44:57
Emera: 44:57-45:05
Nova Scotia Department of Labour: 45:05-45:10
Lower Water Street: 45:10