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Halifax Titanic sites

Halifax, the capital of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, was the city from which the recovery operations of Titanic victims was based.  Of the 209 victims returned to Halifax, 150 are buried there in three cemeteries.

Five Fishermen restaurant (in 1912 was funeral home)

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Army-navy store (in 1912, curling rink here was temporary morgue)

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Baron de Hirsch Cemetery (10 victims)

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Titanic deck chair, at Maritime Museum

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Fairview Cemetery (121 victims)

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Mt. Olivet Cemetery (19 victims)

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Michel Navratil (at Baron de Hirsch)

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John Law "Jock" Hume (at Fairview)

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The "Unknown Child" (at Fairview)*

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*Recent research has identified the child as one-year-old Eino Viljam Panula.  See this link for more information.

 

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