Angus MacDonald Bridge
Bridge over Halifax Harbor connecting the sister cities Halifax and
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
The Angus MacDonald Bridge (named after a famous Nova Scotian politician) has long been said to be cursed. Over the span of 200 years, three bridges have been constructed on this site, and intrigue is connected to all three.
The first construction, a foot bridge, fell unexpectedly during a winter storm. Legend has it that a Mi’ kmaq (the local native tribe) may have originally placed a curse on the bridge, causing it to fall. Years later, the second, a railway bridge, also fell on an otherwise pleasant day. And the third, the present Macdonald Bridge, has had its share of mystery—the first being a worker falling to his death while it was being constructed in the 1950s. Following this accident, a local Mi’ kmaq Indian chieftain was asked to remove the curse. He obliged by performing a ceremony in which he literally “buried a hatchet,” though some believe the curse still lingers.
