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Jake in Red Sail Restaurant Buffet

Welcome to Halifax

Duck Boat Tours

The DUKW (colloquially known as Duck) is a six-wheel-drive amphibious truck that was designed by a partnership under military auspices of Sparkman & Stephens and General Motors Corporation (GMC) during World War II for transporting goods and troops over land and water and for use approaching and crossing beaches in amphibious attacks. Designed to last only long enough to meet the demands of combat, productionized Ducks, a modification of the 2-ton capacity "deuce" trucks used by the US military in World War II, were later used as tourist craft in marine environments. The designation of DUKW is not a military acronym; rather, the name comes from the model naming terminology used by GMC:  "D" indicated a vehicle designed in 1942, "U" meant "utility", "K" indicated driven front wheels, "W" indicated two powered rear axles.  The first "duck tour" company was started in 1946 by Mel Flath in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. The company is still in operation under the name Original Wisconsin Ducks. In Halifax, our tour guide told us the Ducks were made for the Vietnam War at the cost of 1 million dollars each.

Halifax Harbor

First Church in Halifax

Clock tower so militia would have no excuse for not being on time.

Winston Churchill Statue

Terminal in Halifax

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Interesting building in Boston

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