Liverpool, Canada Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

Like its British namesake, LIVERPOOL , 140km from Halifax along Hwy 103, skirts the mouth of a Mersey River and has a strong seafaring tradition, but there the similarities end. Nova Scotia's Liverpool was founded by emigrants from Cape Cod in 1759, who established a fearsome reputation for privateering during both the American Revolution and the War of 1812, when their most famous ship, the Liverpool Packet, claimed a hundred American prizes. These piratical endeavours were cheekily celebrated in a local broadsheet of the time as upholding "the best tradition of the British Navy". Nowadays, … more »