Css Acadia

• CSS Acadia to reopen as restoration efforts start to bring 106-year-old vessel back to life

  The vessel — thought to be the only Canadian ship still afloat to have served in the First World War and Second World War — will open for the first time this season on Thursday.

  Canada

  Aug 21, 2019
  
• Nova Scotia announces plans to repair CSS Acadia on 101st anniversary of The Halifax Explosion

  The steel-hulled vessel, known as Halifax’s Grand Old Lady, has been a central attraction at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax for years. But the vessel has not been drydocked since 2010.

  Politics

  Dec 6, 2018
  
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• The slow destruction of the CSS Acadia in Halifax Harbour

  CSS Acadia has been left to rust away in the Halifax Harbour as much-needed repair and maintenance work has been delayed over a lack of funding, putting the long-term future of the vessel in jeopardy. 

  Canada

  Sep 6, 2018
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• Historic Halifax ship’s beloved longtime ‘rodent control officer’ dies

  Erik the Red was the CSS Acadia's rodent control officer for more than 15 years before retiring in 2015.

  Features

  Aug 3, 2017
• Retirement party held for cat who caught mice aboard CSS Acadia

  A retirement party was held today in Halifax for the furriest employee of the CSS Acadia.

  Canada

  Sep 20, 2015