South-End Halifax Children's Activities
- Harbour Front
- Tall ships, Cow's Ice Cream, Theodore Tug Boat,
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Pier 21, ferry to Dartmouth
- Public Gardens
- formal Victorian gardens (Spring Garden and South Park St).
You're really not supposed to feed the ducks or chase the
pigeons but...
- Museums
- Playgrounds
- The Central Commons (off Bell Road)
- Next to Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
- Le Marchant St Thomas School (Le Marchant and Watt St;
two blocks from conference)
- Dalplex
(6260 South St). "Funzone" play area and ball pit, swimming pool.
- Food
- Fast Food
- Spring Garden and South Park:
A&W (in ParkLane Mall), DQ, MacDonalds, Subway
- Quinpool and Harvey St: MacDonalds, KFC
- Quinpool Centre (6169 Quinpool): Wendy's
- Ice Cream
- Dairy Queen (Spring Garden and South Park St)
- Cow's Ice Cream (Waterfront Historic Properties)
- Family Restaurants
- Cora's (1535 Dresden Rd off Spring Garden)
- Smitty's (1472 Tower Rd off Spring Garden)
- Eastside Mario's (1650 Bedford Row near Waterfront)
- Other
- Books and toys: Woozles Children's Bookstore (1533 Birmingham off Spring Garden)
- Candy: Sweet Jane's (5431 Doyle near Spring Garden)
- Canoe Rentals: St Mary's Boat Club (Fairfield Rd off Jubilee) 490-4538
- Cinema: Park Lane Mall (Spring Garden) 422-2022
- Emergency
- Children's Hospital Emergency: IWK Emergency (South St off Robie), 470-8050
- Walk-In Clinic - 5991 Spring Garden at Robie, 420-6060
- Supplies
- Supermarkets
- Atlantic SuperStore (6139 Quinpool, Barrington and Kent)
- Sobeys (Queen St and Kent)
- Pharmacies
- Shoppers Drug Mart (5524 Spring Garden (24hr), Quinpool Centre: 6139 Quinpool)
- Lawton's Drugs (5991 Spring Garden at Robie, Spring Garden off South Park)
- see Supermarkets
- Major Shopping Malls
- Halifax Shopping Centre (7001 Mumford Rd)
- Mic Mac Mall (21 Mic Mac Blvd Dartmouth)
- Driving Distance
- Picnics in town
- Fleming Park "The Dingle" (out Purcell's Cove Rd), playground
- Point Pleasant Park (go left on Point Pleasant Drive)
- Peggy's Cove
- (45 minutes on Highway 333, return by continuing along
St Margarets Bay and back on the 103) play on the rocks
- Lunenburg
- 1-1.5 hrs down the "South Shore" on Highway 103.
Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic (fish tanks, tall ships, boat building)
- Rainbow Haven Beach
- 30 minutes on Highway 207 and Bissett Rd. Sand and cobble beach
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