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From Wikipedia (Jul 20, 2024):
Point Pleasant Park is a large, mainly forested municipal park at the southern tip of the Halifax peninsula. It once hosted several artillery batteries, and still contains the Prince of Wales Tower – the oldest Martello tower in North America (1796).[1] The park is a popular recreational spot for Haligonians, as it hosts forest walks and affords views across the harbour and out toward the Atlantic.
Plays are performed in the park every summer by a professional theatre company called Shakespeare by the Sea. The performances take place at Cambridge Battery, and include both Shakespearean productions and original musicals based on classic fairy tales for audiences of all ages. The company also operates the 80-seat Park Place Theatre in the lower parking lot of the park, which is used as a rain venue during the summer, and for fall/winter indoor productions.
Point Pleasant Park originally was owned by the British government[2] and was leased to the City of Halifax for a ceremonial 1 shilling per year. The original lease for the land was negotiated by Sir William Young in 1866. The park is now owned by the Government of Canada and is leased to the Halifax Regional Municipality. The lease for the park is administered on behalf of the Government of Canada by the Parks Canada Agency.[3]
… RECENT HISTORY (from Wikipedia (Jul 20, 2024):
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In 2000 the Canadian Food Inspection Agency planned to cut 10,000 trees to halt an outbreak of brown spruce longhorn beetles (Tetropium fuscum). This plan was challenged by the Friends of Pt. Pleasant Park in the courts, which resulted in a temporary injunction stopping the cutting. The injunction was later removed but there was a reduction in tree cutting to less than 2000.[citation needed]
In September 2003, Point Pleasant Park was devastated by Hurricane Juan. Nearly three quarters of the park’s trees were knocked down and the park remained closed until June 2004. While there were still trees remaining, the park now had a very thin canopy.
Assistance from the Canadian federal government allowed Halifax Regional Municipality to make significant progress in the recovery and renewal of the park. As of June 2008 over 70,000 Acadian forest trees had been planted in the park, surpassing the number of trees lost to Hurricane Juan.
The comprehensive plan for Point Pleasant Park proposed long-term care for the park’s forest based on Canada’s national standard for sustainable forest management. The process of Adaptive Management would be used to guide the renewal and care of Point Pleasant, one of Canada’s oldest urban parks.
LINKS
halifax.ca: Point Pleasant Park
HRM page on PPP, maps, trails etc.
Point Pleasant Park Advisory Committee
HRM Committee “The Point Pleasant Park Advisory Committee advises Halifax and West Community Council about planning and management of Point Pleasant Park.” Meetings etc.
Point Pleasant Park Comprehensive Plan (2008)
On HRM website (halifax.ca)
Friends of Point Pleasant Park
“The “Friends of Point Pleasant Park”, formed in 2000, waned as a formal society in recent years. In 2019, three elders – Ian T, Allan R, David P – were concerned about some the goings on and met to discuss re-activating the group. That initiative kind of waned with time, re Covid etc.. but we did set up this website. It is still being maintained intermittently by JackPine22 who welcomes input, comment.”
