| Port Wallace | |
| Type: | Neighbourhood |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Nova Scotia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | none |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Nova Scotia |
| Coordinates: | 44.6989°N -63.5478°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Nova Scotia |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Halifax Regional Municipality |
| Subdivision Type3: | Community |
| Subdivision Name3: | Dartmouth |
| Subdivision Type4: | Community council |
| Subdivision Name4: | Harbour East - Marine Drive Community Council |
| Subdivision Type5: | District |
| Subdivision Name5: | 6 - Harbourview - Burnside - Dartmouth East |
| Population As Of: | census |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | B2W, B2X |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 902, 782 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | GNBC code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | CBRRA |
Port Wallace is an urban locality within Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.
It is located on the northeastern edge of the community of Dartmouth and lies midway between Lake Micmac and Lake Charles.
Its main street is Route 318, with portions being named Waverley Road and Braemar Drive. Shubie Park is a local municipal park which preserves part of the historic Shubenacadie Canal between the two lakes.
Port Wallace was established in 1861 and is named after the Honourable Michael Wallace, a colonial administrator and former President of the Shubenacadie Canal Company. The canal's eventual completion in 1861 resulted in the present-day community being named after Wallace, who died in 1831 at the time of the canal company's bankruptcy. His legacy continues today with an elementary school in the community being named after him.
After Wallace's death, the name of the community was erroneously changed from Port Wallace to Port Wallis, after Admiral Provo Wallis. The new name was officially approved on 3 December 1953, only to be returned to the present Port Wallace on 18 February 1963.
Port Wallace was home to a Mi'kmaq village, located on the banks of Lake Micmac, close to the eventual location of the canal. Some of the most significant canal work took place around Port Wallace, and many of the canal workers resided in the camp here.[1]
The first church established in Port Wallace was St. Andrew's Anglican Church in 1935. The following year, a church building was constructed on Locks Road, where it remains to this day. As the population increased in the late 1940s, the United Church of Canada began services led by student ministers, first in the community centre on Waverley Road in February 1950, followed by the schoolhouse in June of the same year. Eventually, the congregation bought the schoolhouse and it was converted into a proper church.[2]