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Bunkers York Redoubt
York Redoubt was a fortress build to defend Halifax Harbor. In the Second World War, it was expanded with bunkers, observation points and a gun emplacement at Sleepy Cove to defend the anti-submarine net.
Nowadays York Redoubt is a National Historic Site.
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Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Lawrence Plug
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