Great Pontack (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

[5] (A lively garrison and amateur theatrical tradition emerged in the Maritimes, among these was a romantic comedy called Acadius: or, Love in a Calm, the first recorded English Canadian play, performed in Halifax in 1774.

)[6] The most famous event to take place at the establishment was on May 24, 1758, when James Wolfe, who was headquartered on Hollis Street, Halifax, threw a party at the Great Pontack prior to departing for the Siege of Louisbourg (1758).

[13] Afterward Belcher was escorted to the courthouse, where his first official act was to exhort a grand jury to wield the "sword of Justice" to protect the innocent and to strike terror into "the noxious and guilty."

On 4 June 1756, there was an auction sale of a vessel which was selling arms to the Acadians and Mi’kmaq that was captured off present-day Prince Edward Island by HMS Success under Captain John Rous.

[16] There were several famous productions that were mounted for various benefits: playwright David Garrick's The Guardian and The Lying Valet and Benjamin Hoadly's The Suspicious Husband and The Rake.

[18][19] The Great Pontack served the function of the Lloyd's of London office for ship owners, other business men and financiers of the town, who met in the Guild of Merchants’ chamber in the establishment.