It was caused when the SS Mont-Blanc, a French ship carrying ammunition, and the Imo, a Norwegian steamship carrying Belgian relief supplies, collided in Halifax harbour. The Mont-Blanc was torn ...

The Mont Blanc caught fire and drifted into Pier 6, a space occupied today by the giant Halifax Shipyard building. The St. Bernard, a lumber schooner, was also at the dock.

The French munitions ship SS Mont Blanc exploded in Halifax Harbour a century ago, raining down shards of white-hot iron, ... At 9:04 a.m., the Mont Blanc blows up with devastating force, ...

There are similarities between the 2020 Beirut port explosion and the 1917 Halifax Harbour Explosion that can make sense of what ... The Mont-Blanc burned for 20 minutes prior to its ...

Ninety-nine years ago, on Dec. 6, 1917, the SS Mont-Blanc, a French cargo ship loaded with wartime explosives, collided with the Norwegian vessel SS Imo in the harbour. Nearly 2000 people were ...

Workers at the Halifax Shipyard have apparently found remains of the SS Mont-Blanc. Marilyn Davidson Elliott's father was blinded in the explosion. Watch her interview with Amy Smith.

The Halifax Explosion of 1917 in Halifax Harbour, killed over 2,000 people. On the bright, freezing morning of Dec. 6, 1917, a French captain steered his ship, the SS Mont Blanc, up the channel ...

A monument for the 1917 Halifax explosion featuring an anchor blown over three kilometres from the harbour explosion site. (Jack Rozdilsky), Author provided While most of the Mont Blanc was ...

Mont-Blanc's captain, the Halifax pilot who guided the ship that morning and the official in charge of vessel traffic in the harbour were rounded up and charged with manslaughter.

A Halifax scuba diver has found something that could shed a little new light on one aspect of a dark chapter in Nova Scotian history. Bob Chaulk has explored Halifax harbour from the Bedford Basin to ...

Workers at the Halifax Shipyard have apparently found remains of the SS Mont-Blanc. Marilyn Davidson Elliott's father was blinded in the explosion. Watch her interview with Amy Smith.

This is the city that almost disappeared off the map. It's hard for me to imagine as I sail across Halifax Harbour, savoring the sight of the city's handsome skyline with its attractive blend of ...