Climate

The climate of Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) is heavily influenced by water temperatures in the adjacent Atlantic Ocean. Numerous local microclimates make weather somewhat unpredictable but the region is generally milder than inland areas having a continental climate (eg. central Canada); HRM air temperatures average between -15°C (23°F) and 25°C (77°F). Motto: Munit Haec et Altera Vincit (Latin: One defends and the other conquers) Official languages None Capital Halifax Largest city Halifax Lieutenant-Governor Myra Freeman Premier Rodney MacDonald (PC) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 11 10 Area Total  â€¢ Land  â€¢ Water    (% of total)  Ranked 12th 55,283 km² 53,338... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = E Mari Merces (Wealth from the Sea) Logo: City Symbol: Kingfisher Established: July 9, 1749 Area: (former city) 79. ... Central Canada is a term used to refer to the two largest and most populous provinces in Eastern Canada: Ontario and Quebec. ...

Snow falls and melts alternately from November through March. Halifax usually experiences several strong winter storms. In February 2004 a record of 95 cm (32") of snow fell in one such storm. The storm was nicknamed "White Juan", after the recent Hurricane Juan. Spring is cool and foggy, early autumn is often sunny and warm, and summer can range from hot and dry to cool and rainy. Hurricanes are fairly uncommon but do occur occasionally. There can be considerable variations between the weather near the Atlantic Ocean and the weather even several kilometres inland. Look up November in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up March in Wiktionary, the free dictionary March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hurricane Juan was an Atlantic hurricane that struck Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island in September 2003. ...

The Halifax Peninsula, location of the old city of Halifax and today's Capital District.

Halifax Peninsula, aerial photo. ... Halifax Peninsula, aerial photo. ... Aerial Photo of the Peninsula The peninsula, bordered by Halifax Harbour, the Northwest Arm, and the Bedford Basin, is the part of Halifax that was first settled. ...

Geography

HRM measures 5,900 km², comparably larger than Prince Edward Island, and is approximately 165 km in length between its eastern and western-most extremeties. HRM's shoreline "as the crow flies" is approximately 150 km in length, while its northern boundary is usually between 50-60 km inland. The coast, which is mostly rock with small isolated sand beaches in sheltered bays, is heavily indented by numerous inlets the largest of which are St. Margaret's Bay, Halifax Harbour, Cole Harbour, Musquodoboit Harbour, Jeddore Harbour, Ship Harbour and Sheet Harbour. Given this fact, it takes approximately 3 hours to drive along the shore from Hubbards, located in the southwestern end of HRM, to Moser River, 195 km (120 mi) away at the southeastern end. Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Motto: Parva Sub Ingenti (Latin: The small under the protection of the great) Official languages None Capital Charlottetown Largest city Charlottetown Lieutenant-Governor J. Léonce Bernard Premier Pat Binns (PC) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 4 4 Area Total  â€¢ Land  â€¢ Water    (% of total)  Ranked 13th 5,660 km... As the crow flies is a colloquial term used to describe the most direct route between two points on the Earth. ... St. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

The Chebucto Peninsula, created by the indentations of St. Margaret's Bay and Halifax Harbour (including the Bedford Basin), is a defining feature for the shape of the coastline at the western end of HRM, from which the Halifax Peninsula forms a sub-peninsula. Nova Scotias Chebucto Peninsula. ... Bedford Basin is a large enclosed bay, forming the northwestern end of Canadas Atlantic coast. ... Aerial Photo of the Peninsula The peninsula, bordered by Halifax Harbour, the Northwest Arm, and the Bedford Basin, is the part of Halifax that was first settled. ...

Despite the size of its landmass, the population of the municipality is heavily concentrated, with rural communities located along the Eastern Shore and South Shore or in the Musquodoboit Valley. The majority of residents are concentrated in the urban core surrounding Halifax Harbour/Bedford Basin and extending up the Sackville River valley and northeast of the harbour along the Highway 102 corridor. Home to Eastern Shore District High School, and includes communities such as Porters Lake, Lake Echo, Jeddore, Musquodoboit Harbour, Lake Charlotte, etc. ... The South Shore is a region of Nova Scotia Canada. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Bedford Basin is a large enclosed bay, forming the northwestern end of Canadas Atlantic coast. ... Highway 102 is a north-south highway in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia that runs from Halifax to Onslow. ...

Sable Island has historically been included in Halifax County and is also considered to be jurisdictionally part of HRM, despite being located 180 km (115 miles) offshore of neighbouring Guysborough County and approximately 300 km from HRM's urban core. HRM's boundary includes all of Halifax County, Nova Scotia, except for several First Nation reserves. Sable Island is situated 180 km southeast of Nova Scotia, Canada in the Atlantic Ocean. ... Guysborough County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. ... Halifax County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. ...

HRM's topography is quite varied, ranging from rocky shorelines to sandy beaches on the coast, to landscapes shaped by glaciation including exposed bedrock, numerous freshwater lakes, medium-sized rivers and streams, drumlins and low hills. The fertile valley along the Musquodoboit River in the northeastern part of HRM is the only agricultural district of note in the municipality. Aside from the settled communities and the urban area surrounding Halifax Harbour, the rest of the municipality's landscape mostly supports a dense combination of mixed Acadian or coniferous forests. A glaciation (a created composite term meaning Glacial Period, referring to the Period or Era of, as well as the process of High Glacial Activity), often called an ice age, is a geological phenomenon in which massive ice sheets form in the Arctic and Antarctic and advance toward the equator. ... A lake is a body of water surrounded by land. ... Drumlin in Cato, New York A drumlin (Gaelic druim the crest of a hill) is an elongated whale-shaped hill formed by glacial action. ... The Musquodoboit River is a Canadian river located in central Nova Scotia, in the northeastern part of Halifax County. ...

HRM's urban area is built on a series of hills and plateaus surrounding Halifax Harbour; the central part of the former city of Halifax lies on a peninsula extending from the western side of the harbour and dominated by the drumlin which supported the Citadel Hill defensive works. The former city of Dartmouth was clustered on the eastern side of the harbour directly opposite the Halifax peninsula, its defining geographic feature being a series of glacial lakes. Suburban growth around both cities included many existing mining (east of Dartmouth) and farming (northwest of Halifax) and fishing (along the shores of the harbour and the Atlantic coast south of both cities) communities. Please read first: This article is about the Nova Scotia community. ... Inside Citadel Hill Citadel Hill, more commonly referred to as the Halifax Citadel, was the first massive British Empire military base on the North Atlantic. ... Dartmouth neighbourhoods and former city bounderies in relation to Halifax Regional Municipality Aerial Picture of Dartmouth Dartmouth, founded in 1750, is a community and former city in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. ...