Royal Artillery (RA) Park, a military installation in
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Halifax is the capital and most populous municipality of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the most populous municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of 2024, it is estimated that the population of the H ...
, forms part of
Canadian Forces Base Halifax
Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Halifax is Canada's east coast naval base and home port to the Royal Canadian Navy Atlantic fleet, known as Canadian Fleet Atlantic (CANFLTLANT), that forms part of the formation Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT).
I ...
. It is home to the headquarters of
36 Canadian Brigade Group
36 Canadian Brigade Group () is a reserve component brigade of the Canadian Army, which Commands reserve units in 5th Canadian Division for Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. It was created in 1992 by merging the Nova Scotia Militia Distric ...
and the official residence of the
Commander of the 5th Canadian Division. On the grounds of RA Park are the oldest military
officers' mess
The mess (also called a mess deck aboard ships) is a designated area where military personnel socialize, eat and (in some cases) live. The term is also used to indicate the groups of military personnel who belong to separate messes, such as the o ...
in Canada (1816) and the
Cambridge Military Library, which houses one of the oldest library collections in the country (1810).
Royal Artillery Park was initially funded from the conquest of present-day Maine, which was renamed the colony of
New Ireland.
History
In the far corner of the Royal Artillery Park, a diminutive red brick building, is the
Cambridge Military Library. This building was the social and literary centre of military Halifax. The Library opened in 1817 at Grafton Street, as an alternative to the more notorious choices of city entertainment. It moved to its present location in Royal Artillery Park in 1886 and was renamed Cambridge Military Library in 1902. The library was funded in part from Customs receipts gathered during the
War of 1812
The War of 1812 was fought by the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom and its allies in North America. It began when the United States United States declaration of war on the Uni ...
at the
Battle of Hampden.
Gallery
File:Ordnance QF 18-pounder Field Gun Mk II, Halifax, Nova Scotia (12).JPG, An Ordnance QF 18-pounder
The Ordnance QF 18-pounder,British military traditionally denoted smaller ordnance by the weight of its standard projectile, in this case approximately or simply 18-pounder gun, was the standard British Empire field gun of the World War I, Fi ...
(produced 1903–1940) and other guns
File:Cambridge Military Library Halifax Nova Scotia.jpg, Cambridge Military Library (built 1886), Royal Artillery Park
File:BL 12-pounder 6-cwt Gun Mk I, weight 6-0-16, RA Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia (9).JPG, An Ordnance BL 12-pounder 6 cwt (produced (1894–1916)
See also
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Military history of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia (also known as Mi'kma'ki and Acadia) is a Canadian province located in Canada's Maritimes. The region was initially occupied by Mi'kmaq. The colonial history of Nova Scotia includes the present-day Maritime Provinces and the northern ...
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References
Links
History of Royal Artillery Park - Official site
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Parks in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Military history of Nova Scotia