Halifax, NS

                                                                                                                                                                                                             

This is a picture of Halifax harbour as seen from a ferry that crosses the harbour to Dartmouth. Halifax formally the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), is the capital of the province of Nova Scotia. Halifax is a major economic centre in eastern Canada with a large concentration of government services and private sector companies. Major employers and economic generators include the Department of National Defence, Dalhousie University, the Halifax Shipyard, various levels of government, and the Port of Halifax. Agriculture, fishing, mining, forestry and natural gas extraction are major resource industries found in the rural areas of the municipality. Halifax was ranked by MoneySense magazine as the fourth best place to live in Canada for 2012, placed first on a list of "large cities by quality of life" and placed second in a list of "large cities of the future", both conducted by fDi Magazine for North and South American cities.

The Halifax Waterfront Boardwalk is a public footpath located on the Halifax Harbour waterfront. The boardwalk also includes shops, restaurants, musicians, and vendors selling their crafts, as well as the "Cable Wharf" a former cable ship terminal now used as a tour boat base for several vessels including Theodore Too. The only working vessels to operate from the waterfront are pilot boats and a fleet of tugs operated from the tug wharves.
The boardwalk's southern terminus is at Halifax Seaport. It stretches northwards along the coast for approximately 3 km before it terminates in front of Casino Nova Scotia at its northern terminus.