The Queen Mary 2 was in Halifax this week. This year was the 175th anniversary of the Cunard Line, which started in Halifax in 1840 as a steamship line transporting mail between Britain and North America.
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The Cunard block on the waterfront is a lot where the company used to operate. Construction is starting on a new building there this fall and it's going to be called Cunard Quay:
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