A Moment in Time: The Halifax Explosion
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 04:46:29
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 7 pages (1801 words)
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 7 pages (1801 words)
On December 6th, 1917 at around eight in the morning, the Belgian ship Imo and French ship Mont Blanc collided in the Halifax harbour causing a mass explosion that continues to shake the lives of the citizens of Halifax today. The Halifax Explosion made Canadians more aware of the destruction of war, proved to be a founding factor that would soon unite Canada as its own nation, led a new knowledge of the city for people …
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