HRM Monument #7: Founder's Cairn

Unveiled by the Natal Day (the annual celebration of the birth of Halifax-Dartmouth) Committee on August 6, 1941, this stone monument commemorates the landing of the 353 settlers of the ship "Alderney" to found the town of Dartmouth in 1750. It is located at the top of the hill in Leighton Dillman Park.

HRM Point of Interest #6: Leighton Dillman Park & Scenic Gardens

Named after the long serving, diligent volunteer garden keeper, Leighton Dillman, this park and public garden is the most prominent area in the Dartmouth Common - originally a 300 acre (1.2 square-km) piece of land set aside by the government in the 1700s for the common use of the settlers.

Behind the Scenic Gardens is one of two burial grounds. Normally I dislike walking through cemeteries, but the old Victorian cemeteries in HRM offer amazing photo taking opportunities that simply can't be missed.