Halifax Municipal Archives

  • 1,543 photos
  • 7.5M views
  • Member since 2017
  • Last upload was
    February 2026
  • 🇨🇦
Halifax Municipal Archives hopes you enjoy these historical photos. You will find thousands more images plus documents, maps, architectural plans through the Archives Database. If you would like higher resolution copies, you can purchase them directly from us. Find out more at halifax.ca, or contact us at archives[at]halifax.ca; 902-490-4643.

When were these photos taken?

672
1907
2024

 

Where were these photos taken?

5% of these photos are geotagged.

Photos of interest

These photos have had lots of views, comments, and favourites.

Recent uploads

The last upload was February 2026.

Conversations

Here’s a selection of the conversations happening on these photos::

Identified! 875 Barrington Street, between Cornwallis and Gerrish Streets

from Halifax Municipal Archives

  • Ryan Tucker said:
    Barrington St. [between Cornwallis and Gerrish]
    (Retrieval Code 102-39-1-533)
  • Halifax Municipal Archives said:
    It looks like you're right, Ryan Tucker - thanks for this identification! We've updated the database with the location of Barrington Street.

Identified! 378 Shore Drive

from Halifax Municipal Archives

  • David Craig said:
    Shore Drive, Bedford.
  • Halifax Municipal Archives said:
    David Craig Thank you, David, for the identification of this location and of the buildings in Wallis Heights! I've updated the record in our database with the information.
  • Jane De Luca said:
    This was 378 Shore Drive. It was built in 1913 by James E. Roy, after their original house (also in Bedford) burned down. Mr. Roy was manager of the Singer Sewing Machine company in NS.

    In 1938, they converted the home into six apartments; two apartments were occupied by Roy's daughters. It stayed in the Roy family until 1965, when the last Roy daughter died and it was sold.

    In 2010, it was purchased by a developer and later demolished. Over 2024-25 ten houses were built on the site.

    For more information about the Roy family and their houses. Please contact the Fort Sackville Foundation at scottmanor.ca.
  • Halifax Municipal Archives said:
    Hi Jane De Luca - thank you for this identification, as well as the information about the property! I've updated the database description with the location and your additional comments about the property's history.

Gun battery at HMCS Cornwallis

from Halifax Municipal Archives

  • Abbie Hudson said:
    I saw someone uploaded this picture to a Facebook group and said it was the Gunnery School at HMCS Cornwallis
  • Halifax Municipal Archives said:
    Thanks for the identification, Abbie Hudson! I've done some digging online and it looks like they - and you - are right!

No comments. Yet.

Do you know anything about what’s in these photos?

🇨🇦 Other members from Canada