Cruising ‘the city of sorrow’: Lighthouses, whale watching and history in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — The natural beauty of this Canadian province in the north Atlantic belies the horrific tragedies inextricably linked to the island’s past.
Nova Scotia has a connection with three of the world’s worst transportation accidents of the 20th century – the sinking of the Titanic, a Swissair plane crash and a harbor accident that killed more than 1,600 people in the deadliest human-caused explosion prior to the atomic age.