Halifax, Nova Scotia

Halifax is the capital of Nova Scotia, Canada, on one of the world's largest natural harbours. Edward Cornwallis founded it in 1749 as a British naval and military base to counter French Louisbourg, and it became the colony's capital. A major port and naval station, it suffered the Halifax Explosion of 1917, when a munitions ship blew up in the harbour and killed about 2,000 people.