Great American Railroad Journeys
Halifax to Prince Edward Island
Season 4 Episode 6 of 10
Michael Portillo begins a new journey on the tracks of the Ocean line to explore Canada's maritime provinces, en route to Quebec City. Along the way he dons a kilt and sporran to join in the recreation of an 18th-century Scottish Highland regiment and learns of a catastrophic explosion in Halifax harbour in 1917, which killed 2,000 people and left 25,000 homeless
Great American Railroad Journeys airs on U&Yesterday at 7:00 PM, Wednesday 16 July. (Subtitles.)
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General
Michael Portillo
Presenter
Alison Kreps
Series Editor
Ben Rowland
Director