Sir Sandford Fleming Park

Sir Sandford Fleming Park
Dingle Memorial Tower seen over the Northwest Arm
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TypePublic park
LocationHalifax, Nova Scotia
Area95 acres (38 ha)
Created1908 - 1912
Operated byCity of Halifax

Sir Sandford Fleming Park is a 95-acre (38 ha) Canadian urban park located in the community of Jollimore in Halifax Regional Municipality. It is also known as Dingle Park or simply The Dingle,[1] named after the town of Dingle in southwestern Ireland. The park was donated to the people of Halifax by Sir Sandford Fleming. The centrepiece of the park is an impressive tower that commemorates Nova Scotia's achievement of representative government in 1758. Constructed between 1908 and 1912, the Memorial Tower was erected during the same period of building other commemorative towers in the British Commonwealth, notably Cabot Tower in Bristol, England (1898) and Cabot Tower in St. John's (1900).[2]

  1. ^ "Sir Sandford Fleming Park (The Dingle) | Tourism Nova Scotia, Canada".
  2. ^ Brian Cuthbertson. "Symbolizing in Stone"an event of "Imperishable Importance:" Halifax's Memorial and Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of Representative Government. Journal of the Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society, Vol. 12, 2009. p. 28