Spryfield ( 2011 population: 10, 864 ) is an unincorporated community in Mainland Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

The Northwest Arm Drive permits one to bypass the Armdale Rotary, which would otherwise be the only exit from the Mainland South area of the Halifax Regional Metropolitan ( HRM ) area.

From 1969 until the creation of Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996, Armdale and its neighbouring communities west of the Halifax Peninsula were grouped under the colloquial term " Mainland Halifax ".

The trail passes the Glenbourne Sports Field ( located along the north end of Parkland Drive ), the Park West School property ( located on Langbrae Drive ) and the Halifax Mainland Common ( located on Lacewood Drive ).

A short trail connects Willett Street to the Mainland North Linear Parkway and the Halifax Mainland Common.

; Halifax Mainland Common

The Halifax Mainland Common is a large regional recreation area consisting of parkland, trails, and various municipal facilities.

There are two banks, Halifax Bank of Scotland and Royal Bank of Scotland office in the Common Green.

The southern boundary was, traditionally, the northern limit of General Cornwallis's original Halifax settlement along the slope of Citadel Hill ( now Cogswell Street ), and continuing along the northern edge of the North Common to Quinpool Road.

The Halifax Common, in local popular usage more often referred to as the Commons, is a Canadian urban park in the community of Halifax in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality.

The Halifax Common was originally a lightly forested swampy area which formed the source of Freshwater Brook which flowed into Halifax Harbour near the site of today's Pier 21.

The Common was created by surveyors following the settling of Halifax in 1749.

The Halifax Common was created to serve three purposes.

Originally, the Halifax Common stretched from Cunard Street, the current northern boundary of the North Common, south to the southern edge of the Saint Mary's University campus, with its eastern boundary at North Park, Ahern, Bell Road, and South Park, and Robie Street in to the west.

Near the Cogswell street side of the Common is The Halifax Pavilion.

A portion of the Halifax Common has been temporarily converted into a 400-metre oval track, to host speed skating events in the Canadian Masters Championships, January 15-16, 2011 and the 2011 Canada Games, February 11-27, 2011.

The Halifax Common is centrally located on the Halifax peninsula, about a five minute walk to and from Downtown Halifax.

The Common is now a popular outdoor concert venue for the Halifax region.

The larger ships were also less likely to call on the smaller population centres such as Saint John and Halifax, preferring to travel to cities like New York and Montreal.

Dalhousie is also one of the founding members of the Halifax Marine Research Institute, founded on 2 June 2011.

This action was somewhat surprising, as Levi had not only attempted to purchase Ethan's release while he was in Halifax, but he had also traveled to New York while Ethan was on parole there, and furnished him with goods and money.

Nova Scotia is also very foggy in places, with Halifax averaging 196 foggy days per year and Yarmouth 191.

Nova Scotia was also the birthplace and home of Samuel Cunard, a British shipping magnate, born at Halifax, Nova Scotia, who founded the Cunard Line.

John Thompson also died outside Canada, at Windsor Castle, where Queen Victoria permitted his lying-in-state before his body was returned to Canada for a state funeral in Halifax.

Further indications of the legend's connection with West Yorkshire ( and particularly Calderdale ) are noted in the fact that there are pubs called the Robin Hood in both nearby Brighouse and at Cragg Vale ; higher up in the Pennines beyond Halifax, where Robin Hood Rocks can also be found.

Halifax, Nova Scotia also has numerous microclimates.

Rickshaws can also be found in Toronto, Ontario, Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Victoria, British Columbia.

The Rebellions of 1837 were ongoing and London realized that the proposed Halifax service was also important for the military.

There are two principal roads, Highway AIA ( also known as Ocean Shore Boulevard ), which runs along the Atlantic Ocean, and John Anderson Drive, which runs along the Halifax River.

Route 106 also passes from east to west through the southern part of town, and Route 104 clips the southern corner of the town before ending at Route 106 near the Halifax line.

The northern tip of town lies along Silver Lake, which also extends into Kingston, Pembroke and along the Halifax border.

Plympton is a member of the Silver Lake Regional School District, which also includes the towns of Kingston and Halifax.

It is also known as " The Birthplace of Freedom " for being the location for the adoption of the Halifax Resolves, which was the first official action by a colony calling for independence.

Additionally, the Roanoke also provides recreational opportunities in the form of 3 large impoundments -- Kerr, Gaston, and Roanoke Rapids Reservoirs -- located just upstream of Halifax.

After English people were forbidden from wearing foreign cloth in 1326, Ripon also developed a cloth industry ; after York and Halifax, Ripon was the chief producer in Yorkshire of cloth.

He also kept up with business ventures, becoming in 1882 one of the founding owners of the Nova Scotia Cotton Manufacturing Company in Halifax.

Lomax also did important field work with Elizabeth Barnicle and Zora Neale Hurston in Florida and the Bahamas ( 1935 ); with John Wesley Work III and Lewis Jones in Mississippi ( 1941 and 42 ); with folksingers Robin Roberts and Jean Ritchie in Ireland ( 1950 ); with his second wife Antoinette Marchand in the Caribbean ( 1961 ); with Shirley Collins in Britain and the American South ( 1959 ); with Joan Halifax in Morocco ; and with his daughter.

Dartmouth is also the Halifax Regional Municipality's Public Works Eastern Region.

The city was not only a bedroom community for Halifax but also had commerce and industries of its own, including the Volvo Halifax Assembly plant, a molasses plant dating back to the days of the triangular trade with the West Indies, the shopping district of Dartmouth Crossing, as well as many federal government jobs.

* On July 26, 2008, Kristin Roe, also of Halifax, swam a double crossing, recorded at 15 hours, 40 minutes for the Stephen Lewis Foundation and Farmers Helping Farmers.

The American Revolutionary War disrupted mail to New York, and also showed the weakness in not having an all-British route to Halifax, Nova Scotia, and in 1787 a complicated route was set up through Riviere du Loup, Fredericton, Digby, and Annapolis.

Wolves were now playing some of their best football in years, their biggest successes being a 5 – 2 win at Burnley ( another former giant who were now struggling in the Fourth Division and would only narrowly cling onto their Football League status at the end of the 1986 – 87 season ), a 4 – 0 home win over Swansea City ( who had also experienced First Division football earlier in the decade ) and a thrilling 4 – 3 away win over Halifax Town.