

Thanks also go to the estate of Hugh MacLennan, McGill University, and Philip Cercone, who writes: “To know that his work is indelibly associated with the Halifax of 1917, as well as today, is a testament not only to the lucidity of his writing but to the resilience of a city and country that remembers the importance of its past. Keith Mercer, Cultural Resources Manager & Historian, Parks Canada Mainland Nova Scotia, and his team for their support of Halifax's first Bookmark and the first Bookmark at a National Historic Site. This Bookmark locates a passage from Hugh MacLennan’s first novel, Barometer Rising, a compelling romance set against the horrors of wartime and the catastrophic Halifax Explosion of December 6, 1917.Ī special thanks to Project Bookmark Canada Founder Miranda Hill for her vision and work to build Bookmarks in a Parks Canada community partnership. On December 5, 2017, Project Bookmark Canada unveiled Bookmark #19 at the Halifax Citadel, in partnership with Parks Canada Mainland Nova Scotia.
