Geography
Neighbourhoods of Dartmouth include:
- Albro Lake
- Bel Ayr Park
- Brightwood
- Burnside
- Commodore Park
- Cranberry
- Crichton Park
- Crystal Heights
- Dartmouth Crossing
- Downtown Dartmouth
- Ellenvale
- Grahams Corner
- Greenough Settlement
- Harbourview
- Highfield Park
- Imperoyal
- Manor Park
- Montebello
- Nantucket
- Notting Park
- Port Wallace
- Portland Estates
- Portland Hills
- Russell Lake West
- Shannon Park
- Southdale
- Sunnyvale Trailer Park
- Tam O'Shanter Ridge
- Tuft's Cove
- Wallace Heights
- Westphal
- Wildwood Lake
- Woodlawn
- Woodside
The oldest structure in Dartmouth is the house of William Ray, one of the whalers. It is located at 59 Ochterloney Street and is believed to have been built around 1785 or 1786. Today it is a museum, furnished as a typical modest dwelling of a merchant of that time.
Dartmouth's first city hall was built in the early 1960s on land with the Dartmouth Common. On May 4, 2007, a Halifax Regional Municipality news releases stated that the building was to be demolished. The land has since been restored to parkland.
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