community of Halifax. Geography Provincial electoral districts Halifax Chebucto Halifax Citadel-Sable Island Halifax Needham Colloquial neighbourhoods Convoy Place Downtown Hydrostone Mulgrave Park North End Quinpool South End Spring Garden West End Westmount Historic neighbourhoods Africville Richmond Stratigraphy The bedrock of this peninsula is Precambrian slate. Glaciers during the Pleistocene era converted the rock surface to an olive-colored loamy till. Glaciation also removed reddish till from sedimentary rock to the north and redeposited it as a drumlin to form Citadel Hill. The stony loam to sandy loam soils are mapped as Bridgewater series on olive till and Wolfville series on the Citadel Hill drumlin. Topography According to the 2021 Census, the Halifax Peninsula covers approximately 1,894.9 hectares (18.949 km2). Peninsular Halifax extends from the western shore of Halifax Harbour, and is connected to the much larger Chebucto Peninsula by an isthmus measuring , defined by Fairview Cove and the Bedford Basin to the north and the Northwest Arm to the southwest. Down the length of this isthmus is Joseph Howe Drive, generally considered to be the boundary between mainland Halifax and peninsular Halifax. The Halifax Peninsula creates The Narrows, a constriction of Halifax Harbour to its east. The peninsula measures approximately at its widest and approximately at its longest, the peninsula's topography is relatively flat near the isthmus where Chebucto Field, an aerodrome that preceded Halifax Stanfield International Airport was located. The northern part of the peninsula rises to approximately above sea level as a glacial drumlin at Fort Needham, with the central area of the peninsula being a plateau roughly . in elevation. Another drumlin approximately above sea level is located at Citadel Hill and immediately offshore to the east at Georges Island. Parks and Recreation Arenas Scotiabank Centre Art Galleries Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Community Centres Children's Aid Society of Halifax Citadel Community Centre Community YMCA George Dixon Centre Halifax and Region Military Family Resource Centre Mi'kmaq Child Development Centre Mi'kmaq Native Friendship Centre Needham Pool and Recreation Centre Olympic Hall Community Centre Salvation Army Open Arms Centre Libraries Anchor Archive Zine Library Halifax Central Library Halifax North Memorial Public Library Left-Leaning Library Library and Archives Canada Regional Service Centre Nova Scotia Barristers Library Vernon Street Community Library Museums Africville Museum Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 Maritime Museum of the Atlantic Naval Museum of Halifax Thomas McCulloch Museum Museum of Natural History Sea Turtle Centre Parks