Show 1 HALIFAX THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE NAVY OF CANADA a JJ r 1 1 1 t > Jt Mj 1iJ 4 I I t Y in y1 t t t v G I b ayn auk w ° e r tyAz r air c7ZW AilF AX N S This city has gained added Importance by Its selection as time Atlantic headquarters of HALIFAX navy that Canada Is to have This Is to be time homo station of tho two Bristol cruisers the six destroyers and the cruiser Nlobe which Is to bo purchased at n cost of 2000000 and the naval college will bo built here The people of Halifax are Immensely pleased by the choice of their city ns the naval base and already there Is great activity In carrying out tho plans of time provincial government The royal dockyard hero Is one of the finest In tho British colonies and the harbor is six miles long and n milo wide with excellent anchorage In every part Tho north end of It connects with Bedford Basin which Is capable of containing all the navies of the world Numerous fortifications protect the city and harbor |