Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada - July 2000

Gathering of Tall Ships

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Between Wed. July 19 and Monday July 24 (2000) Halifax played host to the most beautiful sailing ships in the world. This event included participation from sail training vessels from all over the world, and featured participation from American vessels as part of OpSail 2000.

There are many sites which include information about the event, here is the site created by the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic


Here is a map of Halifax Harbour showing the various camera views.
North is up (as maps should be) George's Island is at the end of the green line near the intersection of the three fixed 'view angles'

On sunny days (yes we do get sunny days...;-) the cameras on the Halifax (west) side of the harbour (Chebucto, MediaPipe, Topsail) tend to produce a better picture in the afternoon after the sun has moved slightly west of south. The CBC and MacKelvie's cameras tend to produce a better inmage in the morning on sunny days.


This page is part of a personal website hosted by Chebucto Community Net.
Images displayed as part of this website these are produced by webcams that are sponsored by various organizations.
Click on the image to link directly to the sponsors site. Please visit these sites to see the full size images.

Camera #1 Chebucto Comunity Net - Halifax Cameral Location - (no thumbnail)

Fenwick Place is the tallest building in metropolitan Halifax, Nova Scotia. It is owned by Dalhousie University and used as student housing. The CCN web cam (upper left) is looking East, across Halifax Harbour towards McNabs Island. The camera orientation changes ocassionally. You can see sometimes see Georges Island in the center/left center of the picture.

Camera #2 (upper right thumbnail) CBC Halifax - Dartmouth Camera Location

This camera is mounted on top of a multi-story building on the Dartmouth side. It is movable but generally points South towards the Halifax commercial area/waterfront. Georges Island is often visible in the picture. CBC Halifax

Camera #3 (lower left thumbnail) MacAskill's Restaurant and Judge Research Inc. - Dartmouth Camera Location

MacAskill's Restaurant - Judge Research Inc.

This camera is located near the base of the same building used for the CBC camera (upper right). This location looks out over the Dartmouth public wharf. This wharf complex is also the dock for the Halifax Dartmouth Ferry which is part of the Metro Transit System. The ferry is integrated into the transit system, a transfer works on both buses and the ferry. The camera points towards Halifax downtown and Georges island is often visible (center left).

Camera #4 (lower right thumbnail) Topsail Entertainment and Judge Research Inc. - Halifax Camera Location

Topsail Entertainment

This camera is located in Halifax on the waterfront and points South East towards McNabs Island. Georges Island is visible (left centre), construction equipment is often visible.

Camera #5 MTT - MediaPipe - Halifax Camera Location - (no thumbnail-view field not shown on map [yet])

MediaPipe

This camera is located in Halifax on the waterfront and covers a view plane ranging from North-East to South East. This camera is often on 'auto-pan' and is rather quickly panning back and forth along the wharfs between the Nova Scotia Casino (Historic Properties) and Pier 21 (south end of the boardwalk).


More WebCams at...

http://www.camscape.com/


The tall ships had a SAIL PAST Monday Morning July 24, 2000 starting at about 10:00 AM Atlantic Daylight Time. Halifax is one hour earlier than New York. I expect a number of sites to be created with photos from the sail past which enjoyed beautiful weather!!!

Stay tuned...


Hope you enjoyed the tall ships!