{"id":14265,"date":"2018-04-09T00:01:19","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T04:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=14265"},"modified":"2018-03-19T06:26:27","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T10:26:27","slug":"h-is-for-halifax-2018-atoz-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=14265","title":{"rendered":"H is for Halifax ~ 2018 #AtoZ Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14229\" src=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/H.jpg\" alt=\"Halifax\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/H.jpg 200w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/H-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">H is for Halifax<\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">2018 #AtoZ Challenge<\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d90830.06979005375!2d-63.6920143016122!3d44.649367824181816!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x4b5a211407dbfac1%3A0x666be3a6438b2ddc!2sHalifax%2C+NS!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sca!4v1520628204307\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/h1>\n<p>We&#8217;re back in Canada today visiting the city of Halifax, located in the eastern province of Nova Scotia.<\/p>\n<p><figure style=\"width: 1215px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/1\/1f\/ArgyleStreetHalifax.jpg\" alt=\"H is for Halifax\" width=\"1215\" height=\"810\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">By Thorfinn Stainforth (Own work) [GFDL (http:\/\/www.gnu.org\/copyleft\/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/) or CC BY-SA 2.0 ca (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/ca\/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pier21.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pier 21<\/a> museum tells the story of immigration to Canada, including the Home Children in the 1860s-1930s, and more recent newcomers to Canada.<\/p>\n<p>In 2003 Hurricane Juan caused a great deal of destruction in the city when he made landfall.<\/p>\n<p>But before that, the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Halifax_Explosion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Halifax explosion<\/a> in 1917 decimated the city.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 923px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/d\/d8\/Halifax_Waterfront_1917_LOC.jpg\" alt=\"H is for Halifax\" width=\"923\" height=\"726\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">By Wallace R. 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