Fort McNab not being cleaned, say volunteers Volunteers who clean the beaches on McNabs Island say the federal government is not keeping a promise to clean and maintain the national historic site.

Upgrades are coming to Halifax Citadeland Fort McNab as part of a $30 million infrastructure improvementproject to national historic sites across Nova Scotia.

"When this was mounted in 1892 at Fort McNab it was the highest tech piece of artillery on the planet," said Mark Garnett, asset manager for Parks Canada for mainland Nova Scotia.

Volunteers who clean the beaches on McNabs Island say the federal government is not keeping a promise to clean and maintain the national historic site. Cathy McCarthy, the president of the Friends of ...