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Community in Nova Scotia, Canada
Photo: Gary Caldwell from Fall River, NS, Canada, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Dartmouth is a city in the Halifax Region of Nova Scotia, on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour. Dartmouth has the nickname the "City of Lakes" due to its large number of lakes.
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A suburban community of 25,000 people incorporated into Dartmouth in 1995, named after a natural harbour facing the Atlantic Ocean. From Dartmouth, several bus routes ($2.75) leave from the Bridge Terminal and Alderney Gate Ferry Terminal to Cole Harbour en route to North Preston and Cherrybrook.
Performing arts centre with outdoor event plaza. Visual art gallery, weekend farmers' and craft market, tourist information, marina, and harbourside park.
Restored house (c. 1785) associated with the Nantucket Quaker whalers who were in Dartmouth from 1785 to 1792. Costumed tour guides; pioneer dress-up trunk for children.
Until the mid-1980s, CN Rail operated a rail line from Dartmouth to Upper Musquodoboit with part of the route crossing the southern edge of the community. The abandoned rail corridor was converted to a rail trail which is part of the Trans Canada Trail.
A Dartmouth fixture since 1969. Specializing in seafood, and in particular their fish & chips, John's Lunch is just across the parking lot from the Woodside Ferry.
More than just burritos: they also serve quesadillas.
Chinese food near the Dartmouth waterfront.
This English-style tea house serves a variety of traditional, contemporary and unique items. Lunch, afternoon tea and other goodies. Reservations are required for afternoon tea, and strongly recommended for lunch. Open year-round.
Suite 301. Smitty's has served at this location for almost 30 years. Featuring breakfast, lunch and dinner all day as well as bottomless coffee and tea.
Offers casual family dining in the middle of a full-service brewery. Open seven days a week.
Seafood Greek dishes, burgers, sandwiches, wraps, omelettes.
M 4PM-10PM, Tu-Su 11:30AM-10PM. Take out available.
Veggie & vegan friendly bistro featuring local, organic and macrobiotic food and drink. Kid's menu available. A popular destination in Halifax for years, the Wooden Monkey has expanded to the Dartmouth Waterfront with a second location.
A Dartmouth dive bar classic, with great prices on drinks and food, classic Maritime dishes (toutons for Newfoundlanders missing home), and pool tables available for casual play. Karaoke on Fridays, many community events are hosted here as well. This bar isn't your typical gentrified student Mecca- it has a very local and regulars feeling, which may be exactly what you're looking for or may be too unpolished for your tastes.
Nice new bar with 17 craft beers and 3 craft ciders on tap. Features an expanded food menu, thanks to the new addition of Ace Burger. Good seating, with a patio available during the summer. Bar is upstairs, whereas the beer store is as soon as you walk in.
Pub hours: Su-Th 11AM-midnight; F Sa 11AM-1AM. Kitchen hours: Su-Th 11:30AM-10PM; F Sa 11:30AM-11PM. Great food and traditional Maritime music with origins from Ireland, Scotland, England, Newfoundland, PEI, and Nova Scotia, enriched by local tales and history.
The Burnside Hotel has deluxe and economy rooms available. The property features a licensed restaurant, a cocktail lounge and a pool.
Bedford. 19 cabins and 25 motel units, each with air-conditioning and private baths. Motel units also have cable TV and phones.
Restaurant on the premises.
Two-bedroom suite. The bed and breakfast also offers wireless internet.
This bed and breakfast provides two beautifully decorated rooms surrounded by lush gardens. Smoking is not allowed.
formerly the Ramada Plaza, this hotel is at the entrance to the Burnside Industrial Park and has been complete renovatted. Free parking available, swimming pool and fitness center, with a nice restaurant and Starbucks outlet.
Used to be the Holiday Inn, this hotel opened after a major renovation project completed in 2017. Beautiful rooms, some with balconies.
Over 160 shops and services. A taxi from downtown Halifax around $25, transit bus 10, 54 or 56 will get you there for $2.75.
A sprawling shopping park, quickly developing past the quantity and quality of Mic Mac Mall. New hotels, big box stores, multiple restaurants and a movie theater are all spread out on this former plot of swamp. Bus 56 will get you there, but the stores are so distant from each other that a car is essential.
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Highway 118 connects Dartmouth to Highway 102, which runs between Halifax and Truro. From there, Highway 104 (the Trans-Canada Highway) goes west to New Brunswick and east to Cape Breton.
By boat
Halifax Transit operates the Harbour Ferry service between Halifax and Dartmouth.
By car
Two toll bridges join Halifax to Dartmouth.
By taxi
Any local taxi will make the crossing from Halifax to Dartmouth, and back.
By ride hailing
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