The Dartmouth marine railway was completed in April 1861. It was the last link in the Shubenacadie Canal, fulfilling the nearly 100-year-old dream of a navigable waterway across Nova Scotia. A symbolic marine railway is the perfect gift for any history buff in your life.

Your $25 symbolic adoption includes:

• A full colour 8.5 x 11 adoption certificate.

• An 8 page booklet about the historic Lock.

• Tax receipt.

Your $50 symbolic adoption includes:

• A full colour 8.5 x 11 adoption certificate.

• An 8 page booklet about the historic Lock.

• A one of a kind stuffed animal native to the waterway.

• OR a framed photograph of the Lock.

• Tax receipt.