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Devils Battery

1940s establishments in Nova ScotiaArtillery batteriesBuildings and structures in Halifax, Nova ScotiaCoastal artilleryMaritime history of Canada
Military forts in Nova Scotia

Devils Battery or Devils Point Battery, Hartlen Point or Hartlen Point Tunnels, was a complex military installation at the mouth of Halifax Harbour in the community of Eastern Passage at Hartlen Point, Canada. It was built between 1940 and 1945 to protect the Halifax area against the German navy. It was operational until the 1950s. The site had three 9.2 inch (234 mm) breech-loading Mark X guns, operated by the 53rd Heavy Battery of the 1st (Halifax) Coast Regiment. It is now a golf course; the original underground armaments remain buried. Devils Battery was named for Devils Island which is adjacent to the embankment of Hartlen's Point.

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Devils Battery
Shore Road, Halifax Regional Municipality

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Hartlen Point Forces Golf Club

Shore Road 2400
B3G 1H6 Halifax Regional Municipality
Nova Scotia, Canada
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