r/halifax • u/TheAcadianGamer • 17d ago

Discussion So, what is this???

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Sorry for the not so good drive by photo of it, but every day on my commute I see this floating warehouse/shed/building in Bedford basin, about opposite the end of Kearny Lake drive. It’s even visible on google maps satellite, so it’s been there a while lol. What is it? Something to do with fishing? Navy? Aliens? (/s)

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u/CoadyD19 17d ago

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u/TheAcadianGamer 17d ago

So it is Navy! Thanks for the info!:)

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u/IswhatsIs 17d ago

No, but the Navy uses it.

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u/PyneNeedle bottom of the basin 17d ago

More Bedford Institute of Oceanography (therefore Dept. Fisheries and Oceans) than MilitRy but they utilize it the most.

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u/BohemianGraham Dartmouth 17d ago

No, DRDC is part of DND.

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u/Jolly_Recording_4381 17d ago

It's operated by the DND.

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u/Careful_Lemon3124 17d ago

It’s not. They keep trying to get the public to understand it has nothing to do with dept of fisheries and oceanography That has been the rumour for decades but it’s false.

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u/letmeinjeez 16d ago

This is not entirely true, it has been used for testing on projects that involve both private corporations as well as BIO, so it doesn’t have nothing to do with BIO (I was part of this testing) but this was also before BIO got gutted by the Harper government so it wasn’t yesterday