Karen's Bed and Breakfast. A Chickadee Haven!

DARTMOUTH NOVA SCOTIA BED AND BREAKFAST AND INN

*2012 Marks the 100th Anniversary of the Titanic Disaster*

  Our Butterfly flag out front! Easy to spot! Hard to miss! Only one like it on Portland Street! :)

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  Karen's Bed and Breakfast is conveniently located in "Old Dartmouth", within walking distance of the ferry to downtown Halifax. We are a small bed and breakfast in a private home offering one bedroom and private 4 piece bath in a new Victorian style, air conditioned home near downtown Dartmouth. We are on a bus route with a bus stop right outside the house.  

 Our location is convenient to the airport, as well as to downtown Halifax and the coastal drives. It is well-situated for sight-seeing by car.

• Nearest major airport: Halifax Stanfield International Airport, NS, Canada, 20 miles.
• Directions from airport: Take the 102 (Veterans Memorial Hwy) south to Route 118. Then take Route 111 to Route 207 to Portland Street. You will pass a Sobeys store and Sears on the right. Continue on down the hill. We are on the left hand side of the street, #282

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OPEN: Seasonal from June 1st- Oct 1st. Available off season (March, April, May, October & November) by special request or for special events. Please enquire as prices may vary and book well ahead.

RATES: $85.00/night. Off season $60.00/night. Stay 7 nights and get the 7th night free. Cash only. NO TAX. 

CHECK-IN TIME: 3pm  

CHECK-OUT TIME: 11am   

 ADDRESS: 282 Portland Street, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

 PARKING: Driveway parking available for one car. Additional parking on a side steet.

 YOUR HOSTS: Roger and Karen Morrison  

RESERVATIONS: (902) 464-9744 or (902) 452-3400. Email address: katren2004@eastlink.ca

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 ACCOMODATION: Queen size bed, dresser with mirror, table & chairs, Flat Screen TV and cable, DVD player, free DVD Library, free high speed internet, large closet, mini fridge, private 4 piece bathroom with Sun Tunnel. Non smoking. Scent-free accomodation. Suitable for one person or a couple. Not suitable for children. No pets please.

BREAKFAST: continental served daily from 7:30am- 9am. Cereals, homemade muffins, toast, croissants & bagels, with homemade jams, fuit, fruit cocktail, fruit juices, tea and coffee. Served in the sunroom with lovely linens or on the private deck off the sunroom where you can watch the chickadees in action. We have nesting chickadees in our little birdhouse this year! 

SPECIAL FEATURES: We are within walking distance of the Dartmouth Harbourfront boardwalk, a wonderful walking trail where you can stroll and perhaps watch the beautiful sunsets, or connect to the ferry and then walk the extensive boardwalk in Halifax. Once there you are within easy walking distance to shopping, eateries and the Casino in Halifax!

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 Walk downtown & hop on the ferry. It takes 12 minutes to cross and you'll be on the Halifax waterfront with many shops and eateries. Treat yourself to an icecream cone and stroll on the scenic harbour boardwalk! A number of tour boats leave from the waterfront for you to explore and tour the harbour, see the lighthouses or experience whale watching!

A lighthouse tour will take you to Georges Island and from there to McNabs Island and to the lighthouse located on Meager's Beach also known as Hangman's Breach. The next lighthouse is at Chebuto Head at the very mouth of Halifax Harbour . The final lighthouse is located on Devils Island situated just outside of the mouth of Halifax Harbour. Very cool tours! 

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 You may be interested in the visiting the Dartmouth Heritage Walk:

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 The World's only Lobster Trap Cam! This web cam inside a real lobster trap is located in Halifax Harbour. It is for observation and educational purposes only. You may see all kinds of sea creatures that live in the harbour! View in the daytime only as it's completely dark at night!    Visit Lobster Webcam

“The Maritimes have always exuded the quintessential briny vibe of clapboard fishing villages, cliff top lighthouses and town hall lobster suppers.

But there's new action brewing. From distilleries popping up that turn PEI potatoes into silky vodka to organic farm wineries that crush Nova Scotia grapes into sweet vino, gastronomes are drinking up the rustic region. Stir in the wharf side oyster cafes, mushroom foraging tours and farmstead cheese-making classes, and you have a scene of plenty between sips, too.

The tide is pulling especially strongly in 2012, when the Maritimes mark the 100th anniversary of the Titanic disaster."... Lonely Planet

The Titanic 100th Anniversary in Halifax, Nova Scotia

In 2012, the city of Halifax will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first, and final voyage of the RMS Titanic. The 883-foot vessel, thought unsinkable at the time, stood out for its opulence and technological sophistication. On April 14, 1912, The Titanic sank after colliding with an iceberg, approximately 400 miles south of the Grand Banks off the east coast of Canada.

Halifax has many connections to this disaster, and will be acknowledging the events of 1912 during the centenary of the Titanic.

• 24 Titanic sites including the 3 Titanic cemeteries
• Recovery locations
• Many of the sites used to shoot the 1997 film
• Well-known exhibit at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
• Titanic scientific exhibit at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography

What? The 100th anniversary of the Titanic, including films, exhibits, and other events. More details TBA.
When? April 2012
Where? World Trade & Convention Centre, Grand Parade, Halifax harbour front, churches, theatres, Titanic sites.