This is a non-designated project on federal lands or outside Canada. The listed authorities are responsible for the project assessment.
With the opening of a new boat school, the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic hopes to significantly increase the number of boat-building and watercraft-operation programs it provides to at-risk adolescents in Black and Indigenous communities as well as new immigrants to Canada.
Build Nova Scotia (BNS) is proposing to construct a boat school at the southwest corner of the inlet between Acadia Wharf and Queen’s Marque of Halifax Harbour fronting 1675 Lower Water Street. As part of the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic (MMA), it will serve as an educational facility as well as a point of interest for passersby. The Project includes construction of a workshop (16.8 metres by 13.5 metres) to teach boat building, focusing on youth from minority and Indigenous communities. The building will be a permanent structure supported by 40 wooden piles. To provide launching and berthing for the MAA small craft fleet, pre-constructed floating marina infrastructure will also be installed within the wharf inlet. The Project will overlap approximately 365 square metres (m2) of property owned by Halifax Port Authority (HPA). The anticipated Project schedule is October 2023 to May 2025 pending finalization of design and approval.
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Latest Update
May 3, 2024 – Halifax Port Authority, Transport Canada, and Infrastructure Canada have issued their Notice of Determination and have determined that the proposed Boat School at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic project is not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects with mitigation measure as outlined in their evaluation and can therefore proceed.
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