Wallis Heights is a Canadian urban neighbourhood in

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. Wallis Heights is situated immediately north of Shannon Hill at the Northeastern end of the

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, around the northern side of the A. Murray MacKay Bridge, also known as 'the new bridge', in the former city of Dartmouth. It was established by the Department of National Defence in the 1950s to house

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personnel attached to the Halifax naval base. The community is named after

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. Defence cutbacks to the

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budget in the mid-1990s coupled with rising

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maintenance costs saw Wallis Heights sold to a private developer. Some units have been renovated and the entire neighbourhood has been resettled by civilians.

Transportation

Wallis Heights is served by a public bus route,

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route 51. It runs seven days a week, linking Wallis Heights to the Bridge Terminal via Windmill Road.

References

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