Halifax Panorama Live Cam

The webcam looks over Halifax harbour in Nova Scotia, with Georges Island in the channel and the eastern shore beyond. Ferries cross the picture all day.

This harbour is deep, ice-free and easily defended, which is why the navy has been here since 1749. It is also where the largest man-made explosion before the atomic bomb happened: a munitions ship caught fire after a collision in 1917 and levelled the north end of the city, killing about two thousand people.

The immigration shed on the waterfront, Pier 21, took a million arrivals between 1928 and 1971 and is now a museum. Georges Island in the middle of the view is a fortified island and a national historic site.