Armdale Yacht Club
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Founded | 1947 |
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Clubhouse | 40 Purcell's Cove Road. Halifax, Nova Scotia |
Country | Canada |
Website | http://www.armdaleyachtclub.ns.ca |
The Armdale Yacht Club is a yacht club located on Melville Island at the head of Halifax Harbour's Northwest Arm in Nova Scotia Canada. Although only 60 years old itself, the club's property has a history dating to 1732.
[edit] Melville Island
Since the arrival of European settlers in the area, Melville Island has been a family estate, hospital, quarantine station, military prison, prisoner of war camp, recruit training station for the British Foreign Legion, ammunition depot and most recently a yacht club.