Point Pleasant Park & the Shilling Ceremony

What: Point PLeasant Park, The Shilling Ceremony & Stroll
Pace: Leisurely Stroll
Where: Point Pleasant Park Stroll
Meeting Location: Point Pleasant Park & Yonge Avenue entrance

Walking route: Walk to the SHilling Ceremony, then the inner trails afterwards.

The Shilling Ceremony:

The original lease was negotiated with the British Crown by Sir William Young in 1866. The lease was for 999 years, and annual rent was set at one shilling.

Residents of HRM lease Point Pleasant Park for only a shilling, a former British coin worth about eight cents by today’s standards. Since 1866, that was the annual rent due to the British Crown for the use of the park for each year of the 999 year lease.

HRM is celebrating this historic rent payment with a Shilling Ceremony at the Prince of Wales Tower National Historic Site of Canada (Martello Tower), Saturday, June 22 at 1 p.m. Mayor Mike Savage will present the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia with a ceremonial shilling.

~Scent free event~