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92 resorts which afford agreeable open-air diversion. There are several suburban hotels with adequate accommodation for summer guests which may be made the pivot of sundry excursions. The Birchdale, whose lawns slope to the North West Arm, is opposite the gates of the Waegwoltic Club. Within a short distance are other rowing and country clubs whose regattas, tournaments and illuminations are of frequent occurrence. Above "the tranquil waters and graceful course" of the Arm are many summer estates whose owners' family names are inscribed in the earliest annals of Halifax. "Oaklands" manor house was built by a son of Sir Samuel Cunard, "Boldrewood" is owned by the Gilpin family, "Armdale," on the east bank, belongs to Sir Charles Tupper, Father of Confederation. "The Dingle" is best known for the view of the Arm obtained from one of its heights.

A lofty tower of good design, erected in 1912 by the Halifax Canadian Club nearly opposite the North West Arm Rowing Club, commemorates the assembly in Halifax, in 1758, of the first elective legislature convened in British North America, or anywhere in the British Dominions. Within the tower, which may be reached by the South Street ferry, are mural bronzes presented by Provincial