LOCATION

The Brewery Market, 1496 Lower Water Street,
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

PRICE

Adult Ticket $24.95
Senior Ticket $20.95
Youth Ticket (Under 19) $10.95
Family Ticket (2 Adults, 3 Youths) $49.95

Group Rate $20.95 (Min. 15 people)
Military Rate $20.95
Student Rate $20.95

Children under 10 are free

RETAIL STORE TIMES

For group events please call 1-877-612-1820 x then press "1"

† Must be legal drinking age to sample beer. Tours are 55 minutes in length. Maximum number per tour is 35 people. Minors are welcome, we serve alternatives to beer. Information subject to change. Copyright© Alexander Keith's 2013

SUMMER TOURS (JUN 1 - OCT 31)

Mon to Sat 12pm - 7:30pm (every half hour)
Sun 12pm - 5pm (every half hour)

Winner of the 2012 Tourism Business of the Year Award

Excellence on the Water

1751 Lower Water St
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3J 3E4

Throughout its impressive 30-year of operations on the Halifax waterfront, Murphy's has developed into a vibrant and diverse tourism sightseeing business: offering a wide variety of water tours, unique food & beverage experiences in its dockside restaurant.

Murphy's established fleet of vessels deliver a wide range of Halifax harbour tour experiences aboard eleven vessels for groups and individuals. Well-known vessels include: Theodore Tugboat, Harbour Hopper, Mar, The Tall Ship Silva, and the Harbour Queen. Ambassatours Gray Line (known as the "Company With The Kilts"), operates Peggy's Cove sightseeing tours, Halifax's Big Pink double-decker tours, cruise ship shore excursions, and customized charter bus services cross Canada and the USA. Both companies successfully cater to leisure, corporate, sport and cruise markets regionally and nationally.

Murphy's The Cable Wharf, along with its sister company, Ambassatours Gray Line is, Canada's largest combined land and water sightseeing tour company. Both established tourism companies have been offering top-quality, memorable experiences to visitors on the east coast of Canada for over 25 years. The joint company now employs over 400 peak season staff and is the only company in the Gray Line family worldwide to offer both land and water tours. In 2014, Ambassatours-Murphy's was recognized by Progress Magazine as one of the region's fastest-growing companies.

Take a Brier Island Whale and Seabird Cruise and spot endangered or rare species of whales like the Humpback, Finback and Right Whales, as well as other species of Cetaceans (dolphins and porpoises) and seabirds. As part of our cruise, you will also be joining a scientific survey studying whales. Our Captain has over 40 years' experience navigating the waters of the Bay of Fundy, and our crew possesses an extensive knowledge of the marine life of the Bay of Fundy and the history of the island. We offer cruises 2 to 5 times daily on our 15-m (50-ft) Mega Nova (3-5 hours in duration) or our zodiac Cetacean Adventure (2-2 ½ hours) – both narrated by naturalists and researchers. Charters and family rates are available. Brier Island Whale and Seabird Cruises is a Bay of Fundy Recommended Experience. We are a proud member of the Nova Scotia Adventure Tourism Association. Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Direct Debit are accepted.

Did you know that over 160 billion tonnes of water move in and out of the Bay of Fundy, every day, twice a day? That's more than the combined flow of all the freshwater rivers on our planet. It's also home to the highest recorded tides in the world, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. A visit to Nova Scotia is not complete without seeing this remarkable phenomenon and the unique seascape it has created.

Nova Scotia is home to over 160 historic lighthouses, but no beacon is as photographed as the one in the vibrant fishing village of Peggy's Cove. Built in 1915, Peggy's Point Lighthouse still keeps watch over surging ocean waves and working lobster boats. Scramble over giant rocks worn smooth by the sea and share in the view.

Sightseeing day-trips to Peggy's Cove from Halifax are available through a number of tour operators including Ambassatours Gray Line, Blue Diamond Tours, Bluenose Sidecar Tours, Go North Tours,TayMac Tours, and more.

The Halifax Citadel has long watched over the the harbour and the downtown core of the capital city of Halifax. Originally built as a military fortication to protect the Empire from enemies (and the occasional pirate), today the Citadel and its distinctive Clock Tower act as a reminder of Halifax's rich past. Visit a place and time when the sounds of a modern, bustling port city are exchanged for the crack of rifle-fire and the skirl of bagpipes.

The soil and weather in Nova Scotia are ideal for producing the grapes that result in our character-rich and award-winning wines. Nova Scotia is home to more than 16 wineries and vineyards, each a testament to commitment and dedication to the craft. Sip the flavour of this place by sampling wines from traditional to icewine to our signature appellation Tidal Bay, a crisp, aromatic white with the unique characteristics of our climate.

On April 15, 1912, the "unsinkable" S.S. Titanic, pride of the White Star Line, struck an iceburg and sank. While the Carpathia was steaming towards New York with the 705 survivors of the Titanic disaster, the Canadian cable ship MacKay Bennett was steaming to the disaster site loaded with coffins, body bags and embalmers. It was their grisly duty to search for and retrieve the bodies of Titanic's 1,523 victims. They returned with some remains to be buried in Halifax.

At Fairview Cemetery 121 victims of the Titanic disaster are resting. The graves are laid out not in straight lines, but curved to resemble the hull of a ship. The curved lines on the right-side are broken which is supposed to represent the area on the Titanic that struck the iceberg. What is also unique about the grave arrangements is that the graves outlining the hull of Titanic face the same direction as the actual wreck does at the bottom of the Atlantic. This is pure coincidence, but interesting nonetheless. Most of the bodies that were buried at Fairview were crew members. The next group were Third Class passengers. There are a few Second Class passengers and one First Class passenger.

The other 29 victims buried in Halifax can be located at Baron de Hirsch Cemetery and Mount Olivet Cemetery. The Titanic plot at the Baron De Hirsch Cemetery was intended for Jewish victims of the Titanic. Many victims that were Jewish were, however, interred elsewhere while one passenger Michel Navratil was wrongly thought to be Jewish because he boarded the Titanic under the name Hoffman. The Mount Olivet Cemetery was intended for Catholic victims.