Phase I - Halifax Regional Municipality

Archaeological Resource Impact Assessment
Pre-development Assessment
Spring Garden Road/Queen Street Public Lands Plan
LIST OF FIGURES
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Figure 2.0-1: Properties bordering on Spring Garden Road and Queen Street, as proposed
for pre-development by HRM.................................................................... 3
Figure 2.0-2: Nova Scotia Natural Theme Region #833 (highlighted). ............................. 4
Figure 3.2-1: Spring Garden Road and Queen Street study areas on Google Maps........... 6
Figure 3.2.1-1: Jackson’s 1945 map of Halifax in 1749..................................................... 7
Figure 3.2.1-2: Unidentified map of Halifax circa 1760s................................................... 8
Figure 3.2.1-3: Modern redrawing of a 1762 Crown Lands Grant..................................... 9
Figure 3.2.1-4: Blaskowitz 1784 Map of Halifax showing location of Area B................ 10
Figure 3.2.1-5: The Commandant’s Quarters, 1830. ........................................................ 10
Figure 3.2.1-6: The Commandant’s Quarters, 1838. ........................................................ 11
Figure 3.2.1-7: Sketch of Military Ordinance Property in Halifax, 1851......................... 11
Figure 3.2.1-8: Dundonald Street, 1850............................................................................ 12
Figure 3.2.1-9: Clark’s Map of Halifax, 1869. ................................................................. 13
Figure 3.2.1-10: Panoramic View of Halifax, 1879, showing Bellevue and Dundonald
Street. ....................................................................................................... 13
Figure 3.2.1-11: Hopkin’s Land Atlas for Halifax, 1878. ................................................ 15
Figure 3.2.1-12: Plans for a new Drill Shed, 1892. .......................................................... 17
Figure 3.2.1-13: Halifax Fire Insurance Plan of 1895. ..................................................... 18
Figure 3.2.1-14: Halifax Fire Insurance Plan of 1911. ..................................................... 19
Figure 3.2.1-15: Halifax Fire Insurance Plan of 1914. ..................................................... 20
Figure 3.2.1-16: Halifax Fire Insurance Plan of 1918. ..................................................... 21
Figure 3.2.1-17: Halifax Fire Insurance Plan of 1949. ..................................................... 22
Figure 3.2.1-18: Halifax Fire Insurance Plan of 1951 ...................................................... 23
Figure 3.2.1-19: Halifax Fire Insurance Plan of 1971. ..................................................... 24
Figure 3.2.2-1: An 1845 reproduction of a 1762 map showing the burial grounds.......... 25
Figure 3.2.2-2: Panoramic View of Halifax, 1878, showing the Asylum and cemetery .. 27
Figure 3.2.2-3: E. H. Keating’s ornate walkway plan for Grafton Park. .......................... 29
Figure 3.2.2-4: E. H. Keating’s plans for walls and ornamentation in Grafton Park. ...... 29
Figure 3.2.2-5: A 1934 plan of Grafton Park.................................................................... 30
Figure 3.2.2-6: A plan of the Halifax memorial Library, 1949. ....................................... 31
Figure 3.2.3-1: Modern drawing of a Crown Lands Grant, 1762. .................................... 32
Figure 3.2.3-2: The 1784 Blaskowitz map showing Area C............................................. 33
Figure 3.2.3-3: Hopkin’s Land Atlas, 1878 ...................................................................... 34
Figure 3.2.3-4: Panoramic View of Halifax, 1879, showing Schmidtville....................... 35
Figure 3.2.3-5: Halifax Fire Insurance Plan of 1899. ....................................................... 35
Figure 3.2.3-6: Halifax Fire Insurance Plan of 1911. ....................................................... 36
Figure 3.2.3-7: Halifax Fire Insurance Plan of 1914. ....................................................... 36
Figure 3.2.3-8: Halifax Fire Insurance Plan of 1918. ....................................................... 37
Figure 3.2.3-9: Halifax Fire Insurance Plan of 1949. ....................................................... 37
Figure 3.2.3-10: Halifax Fire Insurance Plan of 1951. ..................................................... 38
Figure 3.2.3-11: Halifax Fire Insurance Plan of 1971. ..................................................... 38
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