CAG Fieldtrip in Halifax

REMNANTS OF EMPIRE OF THE BRITISH NORTH ATLANTIC

CAG FIELDTRIP ITINERARY

http://cag-acg2016.ca/

4 June 2016

Participants will uncover the colonial legacies of Britain’s military and naval landscapes in and around Halifax. In the nineteenth century, the Royal Navy and Army established a defence network of naval bases and garrisons, connecting Halifax to Bermuda and the Caribbean, and to Britain’s global empire. This fieldtrip will retrace some of the historical geographies of the British North Atlantic with a particular focus on the role of timber in maintaining these networks. Participants will visit Halifax Citadel National Historic Site of Canada, the old Admiralty House, Maritime Museum Of the Atlantic, and the Black Cultural Center of Nova Scotia / the Africville Heritage Museum. There will also be a demonstration in dendro-provenancing at the St. George’s Round Church.

Price: $10 [funded in part by the CRC in Global Environmental Histories and Geographies]

Leaders: Kirsten Greer, Adam Csank, Robert Summerby-Murray, Kirby Calvert, Margot Maddison-MacFadyen

Meet @ 8.15am – Saint Mary’s University sign right at the corner of Inglis Street and Tower Road. See map: https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Saint+Mary’s+University+(Halifax)/@44.6335606,-63.5787844,142m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xe16b1e48f6b9ab1!8m2!3d44.630574!4d-63.5821535

9.00-10.00 Maritime Command Museum (Royal Navy Admiralty House “Summer Residence” of the NAWI Station)

http://psphalifax.ca/marcommuseum/

10.00-11.00 Africville Museum

http://africvillemuseum.org/

11.00-12.00 St George’s Round Church

http://www.roundchurch.ca/

12.00-1.30 Lunch at a the Lion and Bright

http://www.lionandbright.com/

1.30-3.00 walk and attend a tour of the Citadel