Eastern Canada

Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Christ Church Cathedral, Saint-Catherine Street, Montreal.

Destroyed by fire in 1856, the present building was completed in 1859. Try straightening out the building on the right!

Steps up to Mont Royal, Montreal.

Steps up to Mont Royal, Montreal.

Montreal skyline from Mont Royal

Montreal from Mont Royal.

Sherbrooke Street, Montreal.

Sherbrooke Street, Montreal.

St Lambert Lock, St Lawrence Seaway, Montreal, Quebec.

Opened on 25th April, 1959, with the passage of the "Simcoe" as the first commercial ship through the lock. At the official opening ceremony, The Royal Yacht Britannia cut the ribbons with her bow while travelling through the lock on 26th June 1959, with HRH Queen, President Eisenhower and Canadian President Diefenbaker in attendance.

Looking from the Ocean Sleeper dining car towards Ice Sainte-Helene and the Biosphere.

So near to the hallowed Circuit Giles Villeneuve and just a week after the Canadian Grand Prix was held!

View from the rear of the Ocean Sleeper to Halifax - about halfway between Montreal and Quebec City.

Looking along the length of the Ocean Sleeper train to Halifax, from the Observation Deck, about 45 minutes from the city station.

New Brunswick coastline, seen from the Ocean Sleeper, Montreal to Halifax.

New Brunswick shoreline

Ocean Sleeper to Halifax - stopped at Moncton, New Brunswick.

View from the Observation Deck on the Via Rail Ocean Sleeper as it approaches the Halifax Goods Yard.

Halifax city lies behind the trees to the top left.

Via Rail Ocean Sleeper in Halifax Railway Station with passengers disembarked.

The oldest and the newer - St Paul's Anglican Church, the oldest building in Halifax (1750) and the second oldest church in Canada.

Behind the church stands the TD Tower, built in 1974 and refurbished in 2015.

Halifax City Hall, Grand Parade, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Finished in 1890, this is one of the oldest and largest public buildings in Nova Scotia and was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1997. The clock on the other side of the tower is set at 9.04 am to commemorate the Halifax Explosion of 6th December, 1917. In the days following the disaster, there was only room in the building that remained serviceable

Grand Parade towards Carmichael Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Memorial to Canadians who died in the First and Second World War, the Korean War and the Afghanistan conflicts of this century.

Grand Parade, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Fallen Peace Officers Memorial, Grand Parade, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

In the background, with the tower visible, is Halifax's oldest building, St Paul's Anglican Church, opened in September 1750.

Canadian Broadcast Sales offices, Argyle Street, Halifax.

The building seems to have been constructed around the old walls of the town.

Looking west up Carmichael Street from Grand Parade towards the Old Town Clock Tower, Halifax.

The idea of a clock for the British Army and Royal Navy garrison at Halifax is credited to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, who arranged for a turret clock to be manufactured before his return to England in 1800. It is said that Prince Edward, then commander-in-chief of all military forces in British North America, wished to resolve the tardiness of the local garrison.