Sherlock Holmes · Location
Halifax, Nova Scotia
- city
- colonial Victorian
19th-century British colonial port city in Canada.
- Type
- city
- Style
- colonial Victorian
- First appears
- Book 2 · Ch. 13
- Books
- 1
Halifax, Nova Scotia, emerges in the Sherlock Holmes canon as a distant yet pivotal colonial port city, first introduced in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes as a 19th-century British outpost. Across the series, it evolves from a mere geographic reference into a nexus of transatlantic intrigue, serving as a waypoint for characters fleeing or pursuing justice across the Atlantic. Its role expands from background setting to a strategic location that influences key plot developments, underscoring the global reach of Holmes's investigations.
History
BOOK 2The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
19th-century British colonial port city in Canada.
Appearances
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