York Shore Battery

Canada / Nova Scotia / Halifax /
 place with historical importance, fortification, interesting place
Two WWII gun emplacements, two watchtowers, three light emplacements, a magazine building, and submarine nets control room.

In 1939 the York Shore Battery was built on the shore below the old redoubt, with two 12-pounder guns transferred from Fort Ives, later replaced with two 6-pounder duplex guns. A 4.7-inch gun battery was located by the anti-submarine net anchorage. Three searchlight emplacements (1940) are located on the wooded hillside just north of the shore battery. The harbour mines were controlled from the York Redoubt in WWII.

York Shore Battery has been designated a Federal Heritage Building.
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Coordinates:   44°35'49"N   63°33'4"W

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  • It's called York Shore Battery for people who don't know.
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