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Dartmouth (Canada)

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Dartmouth

Port in Halifax County, south-central Nova Scotia, Canada; population (1991) 67,800. It is situated on the northeast of Halifax harbour, connected to the regional capital by the Angus L MacDonald suspension bridge (1.6 km/1 mi long). Dartmouth is a commercial and industrial centre. Manufactures include refined oil and sugar, beer, and electrical and automotive products. It is also noted for its shopping malls and service industries and as a centre of oceanographic research (the Bedford Institute of Oceanography was founded in 1962). Dartmouth is popularly called ‘City of Lakes’, having 22 within its limits.

The city was the headquarters of a Quaker whaling company from 1784; it was incorporated as a town in 1873 and as a city in 1961.
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