Victoria Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia
| Victoria Park | |
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Victoria Park | |
| Type | Public park |
| Location | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Operated by | Halifax Regional Municipality |
Victoria Park is an urban park on Spring Garden Road in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, across from the Halifax Public Gardens.
The North British Society erected various monuments and statues: Robbie Burns, Sir Walter Scott and William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling.
At the south end of the park is the Colonel Sidney C. Oland Memorial Fountain.
Gallery
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Robbie Burns by George A. Lawson (1919)
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Sir Walter Scott by Sir Francis Chantrey (1932)
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William Alexander Monument, built of stones from his Menstrie Castle (1957)
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Oland Memorial Fountain
On the base of the Robbie Burns statue are commemorations of the following poems:
- Front: The Cotter’s Saturday Night – “From scenes like these old Scotia’s grandeur springs.”
- Right: Tam O’Shanter’s Ride – “Ae spring brought off her master hale but left behind her ain grey tail.”
- Left: The Jolly Baggers
- Back: To a Mountain Daisy – “Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flow’r; Thou’s met me in a evil hour.”
External links
Coordinates: 44°38′28″N 63°34′47″W / 44.6410°N 63.5797°W
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