Wallis Heights, Nova Scotia
Subdivision in Nova Scotia, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wallis Heights is a Canadian urban neighbourhood in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality.
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Coordinates: 44°41′11″N 63°36′22″W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Nova Scotia |
Municipality | Halifax Regional Municipality |
Community | Dartmouth |
Community council | Harbour East - Marine Drive Community Council |
District | 6 - Harbourview - Burnside - Dartmouth East |
Postal code | B3A |
Area code | 902 |
GNBC code | CBNJH |
Wallis Heights is situated immediately north of Shannon Hill at the Northeastern end of the Bedford Basin, around the northern side of the A. Murray MacKay Bridge,[1] also known as 'the new bridge', in the former city of Dartmouth. It was established by the Department of National Defence in the 1950s to house Royal Canadian Navy personnel attached to the Halifax naval base. The community is named after Provo Wallis.
Defence cutbacks to the Canadian Forces budget in the mid-1990s coupled with rising real estate maintenance costs saw Wallis Heights sold to a private developer. Some units have been renovated and the entire neighbourhood has been resettled by civilians.